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Helen Gundry
01 Feb 2008, 09:55
Hello there.
Do you have any tips about building a gravity wall that is also a
river-bank? The existing wall is old and collapsing into the river. There
is plenty of stone of all sizes in the river. The river rises about 3ft
regularly, and about 7ft three or four times a year, until it overflows
into the field opposite. The overall height of the wall would be about
7ft.We were thinking of building the wall in the shape of two large steps
of 3-ft ft high with a "step" width of about 3ft so that our kids are less
likely to fall the full height and less likely to fall in the water!
Any ideas about construction would be welcome, and would motar be necessary
or will dry-stone with appropriate vegetation be sufficient? We are both
competant at building dry-stone walls.
Thanks, look forward to hearing from you
AsktheBuilder
01 Feb 2008, 10:18
Helen,
I think you are at the wrong website. You need to go to the US Army Corps
of Engineers.... One piece of advice I will give you from my Geology
degree: Mother Nature bats Last and the River *Always* Wins.
Susan
11 Mar 2008, 15:20
I have a railroad tie retaining wall that runs along the front of my house
that is in desperate need of repair. What is available in todays market?
AsktheBuilder
14 Mar 2008, 07:51
Susan,
Rock, concrete, concrete block, etc. You should really read all of my
columns on Retaining Walls.
Dennis
11 Apr 2008, 23:50
I'm building a 16" high by 38' long flower bed using interlocking
decrorative landscape blocks. Can I place my starter row on concrete, or
does it have to be in soil? Could I use PL block adhesive instead, to glue
the block to the concrete and stack on that?
Cameron Lewis
29 Apr 2008, 23:05
I need to build a retaining wall that is about 35 feet long and about 30
feet high. This wall will keep my back yard from falling into the
neighbors back yard. What is the best material to use in this case? Also
the most cost effective. Thanks
sara
01 May 2008, 10:21
plz describe the design procedure of retaining wall or guideline for the
design which help the students to understand its design properly
Dave
04 May 2008, 15:19
For your 35' retaining wall there is a process at
www.concreteretainers.com
wow! you need to see this. They built a concrete wall with no forms no
tricks all solid and it looks like a real rock wall. Check it out
AsktheBuilder
04 May 2008, 23:22
Dennis,
You can do it that way.
Dave
13 May 2008, 22:52
Yes,
Dry concrete is always the strongest concrete. So we build the walls with
solid concrete poured at a 2" slump and get a very strong wall. These walls
core out at close to 6500 psi after 90 days and thats strong. The ease and
the cost effective process is amazing. Best of all it looks like real rock.
you can also chec out www.stonemakersart.com
Ahmed
23 Jun 2008, 02:40
I have to design a 2 m wide cantilever footpath over a lake. The rest of
the road(two lane) is rested on ground and only footpath of one side is
over the lake. what type of strucuture will be suitable? what type of
retaining wall should be selected?
pato
03 Jul 2008, 06:15
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reach i very wellknow that i going to get exactly want ineed.
Richard Gregory
10 Jul 2008, 15:26
Building wood retaining wall using 4x4 in conc,say on 3' centers mounted
vertical and cover w/ 2" by's. Approx 3' high wall. Will this stand the
dirt gravity forces?
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