Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Slopped Retaining wall 18Oct 19, 2010 10:15 am That is a terrible job. The posts are not straight, and the wall is not straight How did they build it. I mean, the would have had to use a water level, how would they have made sure it was straight? Either the wall is not straight, or the house is not straight! Take a water level and see if the wall is out. Either way that last post looks totally whack. I cannot belive that job. Re: Slopped Retaining wall 19Oct 22, 2010 3:05 am Take a ruler and plumb bob too... Wouldn't that produce a collective lateral stress along the wall not being vertical? I would imagine it would want to "walk" downhill? The danger is collapse if enough top weight exceeds the soils capacity to anchor the last few risers. Reminds me of old railway platforms on abandoned lines. They don't last long once they start to move. Diagram explanation Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ A very 2D representation. Assuming the last post resists the others will bunch up forcing a sideways or outward momentum. At that point all is lost, the wall has lost most of its strength and you have to start again. Its like a train wreck in slow motion. mass would be a % of the total weight (angle / 3.14) So in layman terms - its gonna stuff up and it could be next week or next year. Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5229 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16174 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 6927 |