Questions tagged [retaining-wall]
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Fence post behind retaining wall, drainage concern
I need to replace an old 2ft retaining wall(railroad ties) along my property line. There is not currently a fence there so I was going to take this project to add one. I am located in the PNW so there ...
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How do I protect the front side of a wood retaining wall?
I have a wood retaining wall made of 3x12 pressure-treated boards similar to the one pictured here.
The backside has MiraDrain and 3/4" drainage rock. I have an excess of earth to manage and one ...
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Retaining Wall Supported by Fence
I am working on building a 1.5ft retaining wall in between my yard and my neighbors yard. There was a previously a wood retaining wall but was poorly designed and blown out and I am replacing it.
My ...
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Retaining Wall Leaking Dirt
In the home my wife and I recently purchased, I noticed more and more dirt pouring out of one side of our retaining wall surrounding our driveway. It occurs right at the seam where the retaining wall ...
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Timber Retaining Wall - Beam Replacement
I need to replace a rotted beam in a wood retaining wall (bottom beam in picture). Is it possible to simply slide a replacement beam in place? Also, what about inserting a plastic lining (to the ...
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What Kind of Wooden Beam is this
My wife and I recently purchased our first home. We'd like to make a flattened area in our backyard (which is somewhat sloped) for a firepit.
My thinking was to dig out a shallow area and fill it with ...
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Gabion cage retaining walls: drainage and deadman needs?
I'm having some difficulty finding information about gabion retaining wall construction.
We're building a 2' high gabion cage wall to hold back 2' of flat topsoil backfill.
There are two aspects I ...
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Fencing backyard on the lower side of a retaining wall
Trying to fence my backyard, so that the dog has some room to play and burn some energy, as well as joining us outside during gatherings.
My backyard sits on the low side of a retaining wall, which ...
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How do I repair this retaining wall?
I have a two-tiered retaining wall at the front of my property. I've been here for about 3 years now, and I've noticed there have been cracks forming in the mortar. I don't want to let it go too long ...
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Barrier around shed base to hold dirt for retaining wall?
Building a shed on a slope, and looking to add a retaining wall around it to block the space underneath, but offset the wall 2ft or so to add dirt and plants.
If possible, I want to be able to put ...
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Retaining wall repair and conversion to tiers
I've got a retaining wall made from 6"x6" timber that is falling in. It would appear that when it was built there was no backfill and now the wood is rotting. Unfortunately, it's supporting part of ...
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Do I need rebar and footing for a 1'4“ tall 4” thick concrete wall?
I'm building a small concrete wall for an inground sandbox. The wall will be about 1'4" tall 4" thick and the longest 2 sides run just over 80" long, it is an L shape and the other sides are fairly ...
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Foundation depth for mortared stone wall
I am building a mortared stone retaining wall and I am wondering on what depth to dig down for the foundation with which the stones will sit on. From what I gather from resarching, they say to dig ...
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How curved is a horizontal string line? [closed]
I plan to build a raised planter from 2 courses of concrete blocks. The long dimension is about 9 meters. I staked the corners, and then stretched a string the entire length as taut as I could without ...
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Options to keep soil in split-grade backyard [closed]
All of the houses in our neighbourhood have a "naturally" sloping backyard, which slopes downwards from the house. The spread is about 6-8" over 15-20 feet depending on the yard.
Neighbours on both ...
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Why is the water vessel overflowing on my air conditioner?
The ac keeps on leaking and now there is a bubble formed underneath it. Is there any way to fix this right now?
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Building a free-standing wall on top of a retaining wall
My house is well below street level. The slope from the sidewalk down towards the house is visibly eroding, to the point where I can see the entire side of many of the sidewalk slabs. The yard looks ...
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Can solid offset blocks be used to build a retaining wall in excess of 5'?
We need to build a retaining wall near our pool area. We have not made final decisions on it, but it will be a minimum of 4' tall, and possibly 5' or more.
Many online tutorials recommend solid ...
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What should be done about this concrete retaining wall?
At the back of my property there's a concrete retaining wall that separates my back yard from my neighbor's. The wall has several enormous cracks and is leaning, especially toward one side. I'd guess ...
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What alternatives are there to a retaining wall? [closed]
The retaining wall surrounding my foundation on the street side of my residence has fallen and has been partially removed. The rest of it will need to come down, and I'm trying to find another option ...
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Does this CMU block wall on pool need rebar?
So I'm in the process of remodeling my backyard. One of the things I wanted to do was build a wall similar to the first picture I included (with the stacked stone). The red arrows point at the wall.
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Gabion walls as retaining walls?
There's a lot of information about DIY gabion walls, but none of the applications that I've seen on YouTube and elsewhere talk about gabion walls as retaining walls. I would imagine that a gabion wall ...
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What mesh to buy (and where to buy it) for gabion walls? [closed]
I'd like to build a DIY gabion wall. I've watched many tutorials, but I'm at a loss on where to buy the mesh the build the baskets from. I saw the mesh at the local Home Depot store and it was rusted, ...
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Can I pour concrete walls between these structural posts?
Background, long story short: I have an old shed that is basically barn construction. It's about 12' x 16'. The thing used to sit on concrete walls and those walls deteriorated. So I jacked it up, ...
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Standing water in front of retaining wall okay for wall?
I built a retaining wall this past summer, and put the proper drainage behind the wall. Due to time, I never got around to handling drainage in front of the wall and in between the pool.
The ...
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Pool bonding, retaining wall in the way
I currently have an 24ft intex Pool. I know it doesn't have to be bonded but while the yard is torn up I am thinking it may be a good idea to run the bond wire now for when I upgrade the pool to a ...
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How to dig out behind retaining wall?
I'm looking to extend an existing water line. The only problem being that I need it to go under an existing retaining wall. I've included a quick side sketch just to get an idea of what I mean.
The ...
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How should I prepare the base of a small paver brick retaining wall
Am building a low retaining wall which will rise 7" above the soil line.
I am using 8" x 4" extra paver bricks from a recently constructed walkway.
The wall will measure 48" long with 24" sides
How ...
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How do I repair this patio wall?
My HOA doesn't want to do it and I need to sell this condo. Not sure how to tell if it is stucco or concrete. I have lots of experience with drywall repair, but never done this on the outside. What ...
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Do I need to treat the ends of PT lumber?
I'm going to be building a retaining box for a gravel pad using 6x6's - 0.16 lb./cu. ft. MCA pressure treated lumber. The dimensions of the box matched up with available lengths at the lumber yard, so ...
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How to finish retaining wall for a paver patio on a sloping ground?
Hi All: I am building a paver patio in my backyard (primarily so that kids can use it for playing). I need some advise on the best way to do it. The size of the patio would be large: 26ft by 18ft. My ...
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What can I use to build a short retaining wall for a patio extension?
We want to extend our patio that is currently about 10 x 5 feet to about 10 x 10 feet.
Problem is there is a slope where the current patio ends. The next 5 feet has an approx. 1 foot deep slope.
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Compact drainage rock behind retaining wall?
I am confused by the mfg instructions and its images. It states to fill core and 12 inches back with drainage crushed rock, and to compact, "backfill"
First, what type of rick can i use for drainage ...
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Installing retaining wall for pool. Sump pump drain line in area
Can I leave a space for sewer drain when putting retaining wall up so, rock wont rest on top of soil where sump pump sewer pipe is?
Update with more detail:
My home has a sump pump that kicks the ...
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How much base is needed for small retaining wall?
Using crestone blocks 3.5 inches tall by 11.5 w and 7.5 deep. I will be doing two levels plus caps. What base depth should base material be? I know base brick should sit 1 inch deep for every 8 inches ...
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Retaining wall back fill/base rock and pool base rock
I am installing bevelled retaining wall blocks, 17 inched long, 6 inches high and 12 inches deep.
Trying ti understand material to order.. can i use the same base rock that I use for the back fill? ...
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Drainage downhill under slab with block retaining wall
I would like to install an allan block retaining wall (3' at its highest). I'm going to build a shop 25' downhill from this retaining wall, and want to have a poured slab for parking vehicles on. In ...
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How to build retaing wall for pool past 2ft?
All of these retaining wall blocks I see at big box hardware stores all say max build height 2ft. I have an area that requires closer to 2.5ft, a little more for base layer.. what are my options? Can ...
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Are railroad ties suitable for a retaining wall under tree canopy?
This video shows a sharp cliff near my house that leads down to a stream. The drop is about 20 feet. I would like to build a 4' high retaining wall right around where you see a stack of dead branches. ...
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How to reinforce this concrete wall that wasn't properly drained and is starting to lean 3/4" from top?
I have a cinder block wall (CMU) that was built about 3 years ago. I purchased my home 1.5 years ago. I was told that the wall was built 3 years ago by the neighbor and it was built by a local ...
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Stone raised garden bed on a slope
I want to build a raised garden bed with a stone wall. Height would be 1 foot. Since this will be in the front of the house I'm looking at "nice" stone, so not just concrete blocks. I will probably do ...
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Best way to cover stair using concrete retaining wall block
I have spent 3 days creating this stair and I still don't like to look. The reason is that I have tons of those retaining wall blocks so I have to use them all to create the stair.
The first try was ...
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How can I fit an oversize retaining wall base adjacent to sidewalk?
I'm going to build a small retaining wall (about 3' tall) along the sidewalk in front of my house using Versa-lok standard blocks. They recommend compacted gravel base about 18" deep for blocks that ...
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Wooden deck butting up to retaining wall not square
My husband built a deck from our house out toward our retaining wall. The wall is not square with the house.
We are on a budget and want to make this aesthetically pleasing now, and will redo the ...
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Layout method using concrete retaining wall block for angled wall
I am planning to use the rectangular 12x4 retaining wall blocks as below
http://www.lowes.com/pd_357656-215-30732___?productId=3722166
This is because we like the design of this better than using ...
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Maximum retaining wall height
Some retaining walls from the home improvement store stated that Maximum Wall Height is 2 feet. For example, Tranquil Olde Manor Concrete Retaining Wall Block from Lowes. My question is that why there ...
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Possible to repair this retaining wall?
My wife and I are replacing the deck at the back of our house, and after we demolished the existing structure found the retaining walls near our basement door have moved significantly. These are ...
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Building a retaining wall around our shed - moisture barrier needed?
I'd like to build a retaining wall/large planter around our shed to create some scenery and block the "crawspace" underneath the shed. Should we use a moisture barrier against the exterior walls of ...
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What's the best way to get grade below foundation wall?
We just discovered that the cause of some water staining on the internal sill-plates on top of the basement foundation wall are due to the outside grade sitting ~2 inches above the foundation wall!! ...
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Minimum setback for retaining wall
Is there a minimum distance needed between a retaining wall and a home?
I've seen many homes with a sloped back yard, such that there is a 6' high above ground retaining wall between the backyard and ...
