Retaining Walls
Retaining Walls – Besser Blocks
If you want a rendered surface on your retaining wall one of the best ways of achieving this is by using ‘Besser Blocks’. These are hollow concrete blocks which are designed to incorporate steel reinforcement within the block. A few issues…
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Block Retaining Wall – Loose Lay
Loose lay retaining wall blocks are concrete blocks that have a nib cast on the underside. (see photo) This stops each block slipping forward of the block below. There are a number of different manufacturers and most produce more than…
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Retaining Walls – Gabbions
Gabbions are big wire baskets filled with rocks. The baskets are typically available for retaining wall use in 1m x 1m x 2m units. and you arrange the rock fill yourself. Gabbion walls can be described as a Permeable, Steel…
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Retaining Walls – Sleeper Wall
Retaining walls are created to hold soil behind them. They can be made to control soil erosion due to hard rains, surround a garden, create a terraced yard, or retain soil along a highway. When designing a retaining wall, take…
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Retaining Wall – Sleeper Walls
Although most people refer to these as Sleeper Walls the Technical term is ‘Post’ and ‘Whaling’ * Walls. The posts can be Galvanised Steel like the example on the right. Other alternatives are timber sleepers, like the example below, or…
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