Browse Forums Building A New House Re: show me your retaining wall 4Apr 20, 2012 12:24 pm Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 5Apr 20, 2012 12:43 pm For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: show me your retaining wall 7Apr 20, 2012 2:32 pm Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 10Apr 20, 2012 2:51 pm It all depends how much do you need done - mine was both sides of the property and the back line plus the terracing you see in the photo - we have quarter acre so it worked out as $24K including the materials and labour just for the walls. The guy who did it for us is good - he's done a good job. Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 12Apr 20, 2012 3:17 pm try google and type in "dyi retaining wall perth" - there are lots of options and depending on what you need you might be able to DYI - in our case the work was too much http://www.concrete.net.au/publications ... _Walls.pdf Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 13Apr 20, 2012 3:19 pm Busy helping my parents at the moment with their retaining walls, the photo below is only one side and we had to put in around 30 posts. The concrete sleepers will arrive in the next few weeks so we have the fun job of placing 161 in between the posts. Fun and games I tell you! More pics to come in the next few weeks. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Block settled - 08/08/2011 Site scraped - 09/12/2011 Slab - 19/01/2012 Frames - 13/02/2012 Roof - 01/03/2012 Bricks - 19/03/2012 Lock-up - 19/04/2012 Hand over - 05/06/2012 Re: show me your retaining wall 14Apr 20, 2012 3:42 pm Hard job if you don't have a machine to do the holes- are you cementing half of the pole in the ground? Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 15Apr 20, 2012 3:55 pm Bagheera, we used a machine weeks ago to dig the holes so it made things a bit easier but we should have used 300mm drill instead of 200mm because some of the holes need adjusting and it's hard going especially when there is rock! The holes are cemented and luckily we have a cement mixer which makes life easier. Block settled - 08/08/2011 Site scraped - 09/12/2011 Slab - 19/01/2012 Frames - 13/02/2012 Roof - 01/03/2012 Bricks - 19/03/2012 Lock-up - 19/04/2012 Hand over - 05/06/2012 Re: show me your retaining wall 17Apr 20, 2012 4:07 pm Good luck with that secur_ed I've had enough already with retaining walls LOL. I need to do retaining walls at my place in a couple of months but luckily they are not as bad as these...I have respect for the guys who do this for a living. Block settled - 08/08/2011 Site scraped - 09/12/2011 Slab - 19/01/2012 Frames - 13/02/2012 Roof - 01/03/2012 Bricks - 19/03/2012 Lock-up - 19/04/2012 Hand over - 05/06/2012 Re: show me your retaining wall 18Apr 20, 2012 4:15 pm Sebba1 I have respect for the guys who do this for a living. same here Sebba1 - we are pretty handy but I wouldn't even think to try doing the job. We have a lot of rock on the property - e.g. had 4 trucks of rock removed from the digging - that's after we advertised it for people to come and take as much as they want for free. We probably got rid of 2 trucks that way Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 19Apr 20, 2012 7:39 pm ours are a bit like Bagheera's and were done in 3 stages. the newest is around a year old. at a guess. I'll find some before and after pics from my blog.' as you can see from the nearmap view we have a lot of retaining walls' Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ last lot done. Feb 2011 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6fYFPGijK0/TU3ILZnP92I/AAAAAAAABDM/UowmlFBfwbQ/s320/wall+final+008.jpg Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Earlier walls Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 2009 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: show me your retaining wall 20Apr 21, 2012 9:56 am Thanks everyone for this thread, useful info and the photos! We will also have two retaining walls (one about 3-4 metres sloping from garage to street and the other 6-7 metres in our yard) so I am very interested in learning more. We plans to use bricks (the same bricks as house) laid on cement footings. I think. The builder's SS did say off the cuff the other day around $1K for each lineal metre (for the footings, bricks, ag line behind etc.) No idea if that is expensive, but one thing I am learning about retaining walls: they are not cheap! T SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 6287 Not sure what council area you are in. Some LGA's allow zero lot retaining walls. This usually occurs in greenfield developments but not often in established areas. You… 1 8699 Howdy all. I am looking for feedback on what people would do to maximise and make an area as flat as possible. First, out the front of the house is a sloping hill, pretty… 0 20676 |