Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Thanks DeKa 4Dec 31, 2007 3:56 pm cooperp Thankyou. We don't like the look of sleepers or logs, and actually plan on laying bricks in front of the boring concrete slab to make it look nice. OK - that's different then Stick to the in=out rule with your posts and all should be well. Re: Retaining Wall Design 5Jan 01, 2008 11:18 am the type of retaining wall you are talking about will be quite expensive even to do it your self
conc at 45 mpa is $200 plus per q/m 1 q/m at 100mm will equate to 10sqm the reinforcment you would need is y12 deform bars at 2500mm cross intervals y12 6m lengths are around $15 - $20 each as you can tell the reinforcment will add up you will need a footing with all of you vertical supports and reinforcment rising out of it a wall at 1mtr high is not the sort of thing a non tradesman can form up wet concrete per q/m weighs around 1.5 tonne the vertical and horizontal pressure on form work is huge so if you are not a concrete or form worker and know how to calculate the pressures and form boxing to suit you will end up with concrete on the ground collapsed form work and twisted reo i would suggest to not to do this your self if you havnt done it for a living i worked on a two storey concrete pour several years ago 860 sqm the builder set all the props etc, it collpase while we were on it, wet concrete has a massive weigth a sleepers wall when built properly with internal liners etc will last 30 + years, keeping in mind the aqua pressure affect in regrads to liner placment, drainage etc Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 24467 Hello, We are about to build and the plans show a part of the exterior wall is being built on top of a limestone retaining wall. Does this mean the retaining wall will… 0 21497 looks ok to me, round logs retaining walls are better than sleeper walls, more even preservative treatment and stronger since they include the whole tree and not just part… 1 9715 |