Retaining wall - Block or Sleeper

[hobbiniho1]

or if you want a rustic finish you could shutter it with rough sawn 4x1 boards and pour it with concrete, the grain of the rough sawn boards will be shown when it is finished, plus it you add steel reinforcing it will be structurally sound

[bern]

I saw a great idea for a retaining wall in the Isle of Wight last year.

Red oxide coated RSJ's set vertically in the ground with sleepers slotted in to the recesses. Looked smart and depending on how much was laid into the ground it should be capable of retaining a decent size slope.

[GT03ROB]

sidekickdmr said:

1.5 meters was a genourous guess, it's less than that, and besides the slope is already "self supporting" so it's only the bottom section of the slope I am chipping away.

Here is my comprehensive scientifically accurate diagram:

Taking the toe of the slope out like that is the equivalent of sawing a branch while standing on the end of it. If that's what you are proposing be careful or the whole slope will fail.

[Tom_C76]

bern said:

I saw a great idea for a retaining wall in the Isle of Wight last year.

Red oxide coated RSJ's set vertically in the ground with sleepers slotted in to the recesses. Looked smart and depending on how much was laid into the ground it should be capable of retaining a decent size slope.

We've engineered similar in the past to allow old buttresses to be removed from an existing retaining wall. But the columns had to be installed with a piling rig auger.

[33q]

Here's mine

Natural stone back with concrete blocks, concrete and steel horizontal and vertical

[dstiles74]

Here's my work in progress...