Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Apr 10, 2012 5:22 pm Hi Guys, I have about 4 pallets of bricks left over from building the house and was wondering if it was a good/bad idea to use them for a retaining wall (800mm high at highest point). Any advice would be appreciated. P.S. If anyone knows any good landscapers around the Fairfield/Liverpool area (NSW) that would be awesome. I need to get my: - retaining wall done (footing 450x450x1500) - colorbond fence - stripping out top layer of weeds, supplying top soil and laying new turf (most like soft leaf buffulo). 250m2 Villina with Trend facade Sydney Re: Retaining wall using face bricks 2Apr 10, 2012 6:11 pm Face bricks are fine, generally 450mm wide for 5 courses then 230mm wide for top five. Landscape Design & Construction http://cherub.squarespace.com/ Re: Retaining wall using face bricks 4Apr 11, 2012 5:59 am With all retaining walls the main consideration will be drainage and footings, face bricks are fine to use Landscape Design & Construction http://cherub.squarespace.com/ Re: Retaining wall using face bricks 5May 04, 2012 4:46 pm Oh sweet. Any idea about the size of the footing? In regards to the brick work. Sould I be putting in weep holes or will the agg line be sufficient? Thanks for the advice guys. Villina with Trend facade Sydney Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5197 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16159 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 |