Patent ID: 6908258

Claim:
A method of maintaining a seawall installed in use between a body of water and retained earth, comprising the steps of forming a passage through the installed seawall to extend downwardly at an acute angle from a water facing side of the seawall to an earth facing side of the seawall; inserting a longitudinally extending shaft of an anchoring member through the passage from the water facing side of the seawall and into the retained earth on the earth facing side of the seawall, with the shaft carrying an anchor of the anchoring member; advancing the anchoring member into the retained earth while an end of the shaft extends from the passage along the water facing side of the seawall, said advancing including contacting the retained earth with the anchoring member such that the anchoring member penetrates the retained earth and the portion of the anchoring member extending into the retained earth from the earth facing side of the seawall is embedded in the earth; anchoring the anchor of the anchoring member in the retained earth at a distance spaced from the earth facing side of the seawall with the end of the shaft extending from the passage along the water facing side of the seawall; and securing a retaining member on the end of the shaft, said securing including tensioning the anchoring member between the anchor and the retaining member and compressing the seawall and the retained earth between the anchor and the retaining member to resist displacement of the seawall due to pressure of the retained earth against the earth facing side thereof.