Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Jun 28, 2011 2:11 pm Is it acceptable building practice to cut concrete sleepers to fit between the steel 'H' uprights in a retaining wall? The wall is on the boundary between two houses, 1.5 metre high, and will be 1.25 metre from each house. I'm concerned about any exposed reinforcing rods rusting and possibly cracking the sleeper. Re: Cutting concrete sleepers for a retaining wall. 2Jul 04, 2011 3:18 pm Daveoz, Depending on your particular manufacturer, but generally yes. Although the ends should be sealed with a 2 part epoxy or the like to protect the exposed reo from moisture. The manufacturer of your wall units should have more information. Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5446 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16252 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 6979 |