Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: DIY retaining wall advice 8Jan 08, 2010 11:21 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: DIY retaining wall advice 14Jan 13, 2010 8:14 pm scrappinfreak DD, looking good. Did you use rapid set concrete to hold them in?? NOT rapid set concrete (I heard it wasn't suitable for structual applications such as retaining walls, don't know how true it is), but went and bought aggregate, sand and cement to mix my own. I'm lucky enough to know a few people with a cement mixer so I could borrow one at no cost and its easy to do. Re: DIY retaining wall advice 15Jan 13, 2010 8:19 pm I didnt think you could. I got a quote on a truck bringing some, it was about $700! I almost fainted!!! Re: DIY retaining wall advice 18Jan 14, 2010 8:29 pm hunts01 just another thing those plain concrete sleepers, can you render them??? Not sure if you can, I've heard walls move a little bit due to settling and maybe expand/contract with the heat the same as any other concrete would. I'd think if I was going to do something like rendering I would "bag" it instead. A bit cheaper and the finish isn't as straight and neat as rendering so any small cracks that appear wouldn't be as obvious. I may even spray my sleepers with a paving paint yet to colour it up. Will see what it would cost and what colours I can get. If you really wanted to reder the wall, you may want to think about ordering concrete slabs to fit between the posts rather than individual sleepers. I saw this yesterday when wandering around the neighbourhood, never seen slabs used before in place of sleepers but I imagine it would be more costly. Will keep posting pics as I progress, but will be slow as I'm only concreting in 1 per day after work ( and its 40+ degrees, way too hot to do anymore than concrete 1 post in and dig out the hole for the next one ) Hoping this weekend I can at least 6 more or so in. Cheers. Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 18102 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6917 Can anyone recommend a good/affordable retaining wall and fence builder that I can get a quote from located in Sydney? 8 45834 |