I am looking for ideas for a retaining wall. It has to be around 1.25mtr
high and about 20mtr long which I spose is simple enough but I need to put a
5' fence up too. Ideally I would like to put the fence on top of the wall
but I could make do with the fence being slightly back from the wall. I have
included a crude diagram below. I was thinking about those interlocking
blocks but it seems that they are for smaller walls mostly and I dont think
they would support the fence properly. maybe gabions?

|
| fence
|
|
--|\
| \
soil | \ retaining wall
| \_______

Dwayne & Angela wrote:
I am looking for ideas for a retaining wall. It has to be around 1.25mtr
high and about 20mtr long which I spose is simple enough but I need to put a
5' fence up too. Ideally I would like to put the fence on top of the wall
but I could make do with the fence being slightly back from the wall. I have
included a crude diagram below. I was thinking about those interlocking
blocks but it seems that they are for smaller walls mostly and I dont think
they would support the fence properly. maybe gabions?

|
| fence
|
|
--|\
| \
soil | \ retaining wall
| \_______


There is quite a bit about retaining walls at the paving expert site.

http://www.pavingexpert.com/

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On 26 May, 20:59, "Dwayne & Angela"
wrote:
I am looking for ideas for a retaining wall. It has to be around 1.25mtr
high and about 20mtr long which I spose is simple enough but I need to put a
5' fence up too. Ideally I would like to put the fence on top of the wall
but I could make do with the fence being slightly back from the wall. I have
included a crude diagram below. I was thinking about those interlocking
blocks but it seems that they are for smaller walls mostly and I dont think
they would support the fence properly. maybe gabions?

|
| fence
|
|
--|\
| \
soil | \ retaining wall
| \_______

Do your homework on this wall - that's quite a reasonable height and
will need a bit a knowledge as to the quality of the founds, width of
the base, etc. You will also have to bear in mind that drainage is
necessary - build up of water behind the wall will add a lot of
pressure and bring it down. Also is it straight or curved - how long
is it and should it have buttresses ?

I went through all of this with a similar wall 10 years ago and found
the info OK then - don't have it now, but the must be plenty of it on
the web now.

Rob

On 26 May, 20:59, "Dwayne & Angela"
wrote:
I am looking for ideas for a retaining wall. It has to be around 1.25mtr
high and about 20mtr long which I spose is simple enough but I need to put a
5' fence up too. Ideally I would like to put the fence on top of the wall
but I could make do with the fence being slightly back from the wall. I have
included a crude diagram below. I was thinking about those interlocking
blocks but it seems that they are for smaller walls mostly and I dont think
they would support the fence properly. maybe gabions?

* * * * |
* * * * | *fence
* * * * |
* * * * |
* * *--|\
* * * *| *\
soil | * \ *retaining wall
* * * *| * *\_______

I built a retaining wall out of 10" sleepers (on their sides rather
than flat ) recently with 4" fenceposts in front supporting and fence
resting on sleepers it worked well would recomend ground anchors as
well in your case.
Martin

On 26 May, 20:59, "Dwayne & Angela"
wrote:
I am looking for ideas for a retaining wall. It has to be around 1.25mtr
high and about 20mtr long which I spose is simple enough but I need to put
a
5' fence up too. Ideally I would like to put the fence on top of the wall
but I could make do with the fence being slightly back from the wall. I
have
included a crude diagram below. I was thinking about those interlocking
blocks but it seems that they are for smaller walls mostly and I dont
think
they would support the fence properly. maybe gabions?

|
| fence
|
|
--|\
| \
soil | \ retaining wall
| \_______

I built a retaining wall out of 10" sleepers (on their sides rather
than flat ) recently with 4" fenceposts in front supporting and fence
resting on sleepers it worked well would recomend ground anchors as
well in your case.
Martin
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Thanks for the help everyone. I am thinking of doing it in concrete now and
making it look better with a crazy paving design or something which, if i do
it right will not look out of place with existing wall. Ideally I would like
to DIY it as the last time I got some builders in they ripped me off big
time and stole some stuff to boot. it has made me wary.