Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Wooden sleeper retaining wall design guide.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
How to build a retaining wall stronger the.
How to build a sleeper retaining wall retaining walls are never cheap or easy but building one from timber railway sleepers is probably as cheap and easy as you are likely to find.
Having fixed the sleepers in place and set the concrete you can also connect the backs of the sleepers together with lengths of wood metal strips or wire.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
How to build a timber retaining wall easy as guide mitre 10.
A 2m sleeper weights 74kg and a 2 4m sleepers weights 90kg this needs to be taken into consideration before planning a wall so if space is tight lighter is usually better.
How to build a wood retaining wall that will not lean part.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
Construction of retaining walls in different regional city councils have different rules and regulations to follow when building a retaining wall.
The vertical load of the soil and whatever rests upon it generates.
Specifications for various wall heights design specs and materials to be used are on their own page so if you need to take a further look.
Types of retaining walls choose wisely.
That will help to strengthen the retaining sleeper wall if there is any pressure at any one point by soil pushing the sleepers forward.
Sleeper retaining walls 101.
But the individual pieces can be very large and heavy.
I worked out i need 15 sleepers 2400mm long plus six each of 1200 and 1800mm for about 16 metres of wall with steps set in one panel.
Should i build a six foot retaining wall made out of 4x4 s.
Measure the length of the wall setting the posts to match the sleeper sizes.
Railway sleeper retaining walls are popular and single lengths of railway sleepers can be used to build a wood retaining wall for the garden.
Figure 2 log and sleeper retaining walls figure 3 stable zone forces regardless of the construction material it is worthwhile to understand the forces that have to be resisted so that they may be reduced to reasonable levels or allowed for in the wall design.
To secure the lengths in place you will need reinforcing bars and a large drill bit to create the holes for the bars.
As the sleepers are simply screwed together their construction is well within the abilities of most people without any specialist building experience.
Multiply the spacings between posts by the number of vertical sleepers to find how many you need.
Design procedure overview 3.