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Retaining wall base sand.
Retaining wall base trench.
Choose a paver base with landscape rocks between 1 2 inch and 3 4 inch in size.
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The preparation of the base upon which the first layer of block are to be placed is critical to building a well placed stable retaining wall.
Similar to gravel paver base is a form of construction aggregate that contains crushed rocks such as limestone.
25 mm for each 1 ft 300 mm of wall height for the amount or buried block that is needed.
For this reason the space behind a retaining wall is usually filled not with soil but with a porous drainage promoting material such as gravel or sand.
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Tall retaining walls may even build in drain tile or other features to shed water and lessen the pressure on the wall.
So make sure the sand is level also.
Fill the trench with a 2 to 3 inch layer of paver base.
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600 mm wide the length of the wall the depth of the trench will be 6 in.
More information on retaining walls where the base trench steps up a slope.
Be sure to use coarse builder s sand and tamp it down firmly to keep the sand from shifting and settling after the wall is built.
Installing the retaining wall blocks.
When digging your trench the bottom row of blocks should be buried about 1 inch for every 8 inches of wall height.
Also called drain tile at the base of the wall.
Retaining walls can be constructed using a variety of materials from poured concrete and large timbers to natural stones even bricks.
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This will help the wall settle evenly.
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The design of a retaining wall must anticipate those stresses.
When the base material is compacted it is also recommended to spread a 1 layer of coarse sand.
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