Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Retaining Walls 5Jun 04, 2011 9:31 pm https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=44762 My Owner builder journey extending a 1930's Bungalow Re: Retaining Walls 7Jun 05, 2011 11:00 am Building an Eden Brae Saville 27 http://karry327.blogspot.com/ Building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=44247 Re: Retaining Walls 12Jun 10, 2011 3:21 am Hi Mark, Concrete sleepers work well for retaining walls they are very easy to install only difference is over here in WA we use concrete posts instead of steel wich are very bloody heavy but nomally two people can lift with minimal difficulty, I put in 26m @ 2meters high by 2.0 meters wide by my self in about three days you will need to inform your council and get it engineered certified wich isn't hard as most suppliers of the wall system will have sub-contracters who will install for you or you can install your self just ask them and they should be able to recomend a engineer as well and as a rulle of thumb what ever is above the ground has to be in ground as well, as for digging the holes you can hire a small dingo/bobcat from someone like kennards with a post hole digger that will drill down to three meters or you can do it by hand with a post hole digger which I used I did try the dingo but found it very cumbersome to get the hole in the right spot. Good luck with it. Heath PS you can try Retaining Austarlia they seem to be everywhere in Vic http://www.retainingaustralia.com.au/di ... tions.html Render your bathroom walls, two opinions versus the one, makes you wonder. 3 4203 The spacing of the studs looks pretty large especially for a load bearing wall. 3 8210 Nope, only on the inside, I've literally has my ears to the brick outside and can't hear anything. I can sort of 'reset' the noise by pressing firmly on the studs. This… 10 5031 |