Retaining Walls
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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Retaining Wall Drainage
I’ve previously posted about the importance of Drainage Behind a Retaining Wall to minimise the forces acting on the wall…. here is some advice on how to make sure it works. The first thing to consider is this is drainage…
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Geotextile around Drainage Pipes
When researching about installing agricultural drains you will find some books recommend that you place a geotextile in the trench before the initial gravel and then wrap the geotextile over the gravel afterwards. Its something I used to do. You…
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Retaining Wall Fairness
In Western Australia subdivisions are usually completed with retaining walls in place on the boundary so that all blocks are level. For the rest of us if we are faced with a sloping site a retaining wall may be needed…
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Understanding Retaining Walls
Its quite usual when you have a sloping site to need a retaining wall to make the land you build on level, or just have a flat garden. Retaining walls however are not simple structures. They have to withstand significant…
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