Starting from one end of the wall mark a cross on the ground at intervals with their centre being approximately 15mm more than the length of the sleeper.
Concrete sleeper retaining wall design.
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Mark the hole for digging.
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Reinforced concrete sleepers and galvanised steel posts step 1.
Alignment place a star piquet or peg at both ends of the proposed wall.
Melbourne made concrete sleepers and supplies for retaining walls in landscape gardening and structural engineering.
Unlike timber building materials concrete retaining walls last considerably longer the design life is 60 years are maintenance free will not rot burn warp split or flake and are termite.
The sleepers comply to australian standards 4578 3600 and are engineered to retain up to 4 0m high with the option of the installation of a 1 8m fence on top.
The durawall concrete sleeper retaining wall has been engineered to last 60 years excludes the previous design 1440 x 200 x 55 sleeper and concrete post system which has since been discontinued.
With more than 30 years of designing and installing attractive solid retaining walls we can enhance the look and feel of your landscape paving and outdoor space.
Ridgi concrete sleepers are 1 5m length x 150mm height x 65mm width and are designed to go to a maximum height of 900mm.
Place a star piquet or peg at both ends of the proposed wall.
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Ensure you leave 200mm behind the retaining wall area for backfill.
Please ensure you leave 200mm behind the retaining wall area for backfill.
Create a string line on the surface and fastened the string to pegs.
The area you are planning for landscaping or building the retaining wall with cement sleepers has to be on one level.
Concrete sleepers are designed to take the pressure of soil behind them however it is not recommended to compact directly behind the wall.
Mark out hole positions.
Our concrete sleeper retaining walls are constructed using concrete sleepers and galvanised steel posts.
Attach two string lines at each end of the wall top and bottom to keep your wall aligned.
Ram the pegs into the earth a few inches deep at a distance of 500mm from one end to the other end of the retaining wall.
Many people love the ironbark which looks like timber the smooth look can be painted to match your existing colourscheme.
Concrete sleeper retaining walls.