Wood retaining walls 14.
Retaining wall base depth.
Placed behind the retaining wall to promote drainage of water away from the wall.
Counterfort retaining walls 12.
Design and build your retaining wall to slope at a minimum rate of.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Designing the cantilever wall stem 9.
The success of your retaining wall depends on a level base.
Thoroughly planned and ably performed wall construction will help to ensure the retaining wall s stability.
600 mm wide the length of the wall the depth of the trench will be 6 in.
The depth to.
A wall that leans into the soil it retains is less likely to be pushed outward by soil pressure than a plain old vertical wall.
This is standard for all types of landscape walls.
Cantilevered tilt up walls 13.
Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits.
25 mm for each 1 ft 300 mm of wall height for the amount or buried block that is needed.
This prevents water from building up behind the wall.
Retaining wall base trench.
The leading cause of wall failure.
A trench filled with gravel provides a suitable foundation base for a short step back retaining wall with three five courses each layer of blocks is called a course.
Gabion walls 16.
Dig a base trench 24 in.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Avoid having downspouts pointed at the retaining wall and if it s against the house keep soil and mulch well below the siding.
Divide the base depth of 5 to 7 inches depending on the height of the wall by 1 944 to determine the square yardage of the depth of the gravel base beneath the wall.
Pier and pile foundations 11.
A level base on which the wall sits.
The footing is usually made of poured concrete but in some situations homeowners may instead opt to simply use tamped earth or a gravel base.
To create a solid foundation dig a trench for the first course of your interlocking retaining wall blocks to sit in and make sure the ground remains even throughout.
The interlocking retaining wall block can be used to build walls up to 24 to 36 inches high depending on the size of the block.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
Earthquake seismic design 7.