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Improving Home Value With A
Retaining Wall
In the past, it was a common practice to use
discarded railroad ties stacked horizontally to hold back eroding hillsides.
These are rarely used today.... read
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How to Build a Timber Retaining
Wall
Place
the first row of timbers flat in the trench. After your first row of timbers
is laid along the trench begin stacking your second row of timbers. Stagger
the ends of the timbers to ensure a strong wall. Attach each layer of timbers
to the layer below it with spikes (8 inch long 60D nails). Timber retaining
walls are built straight up - not slanted like stone walls - so keep a level
or plumb handy as you stack them....
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Proper Drainage
For Retaining Walls
Providing adequate drainage is important
whether you are constructing your retaining wall from pressure treated lumber,
railway ties, rocks or even if you are using cast concrete blocks that interlock
on an angle as they sit on top of one another....
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Choosing A Retaining
Wall To Build
Along with pricey material costs, stonewalls bring high labor costs. It takes
practice to learn to build with the irregularities of natural stone, and even
for an experienced mason, building a stone wall takes longer than building the
same wall with another material. Still, building with stone can be a rewarding
project for patient first-timers....
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The Basics of
Building Stone Retaining Walls
First, the base of
any retaining wall must be sunk below the frost line. This is about 6-12
inches in the northern half of the United States but may be more in some
areas. For a flat wall (one without buttresses or projections), the width of
the base should equal one-fourth the height of the wall. The wall can taper to
a width of about one-fourth of the width of the base....
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Building A Retaining Wall
Without Mortar
First you have to determine the length of the wall
(in feet) and the height of the wall (in feet). If the wall is no higher than
4 feet high, you will be able to use stones about 1 foot wide. That will make
the the retaining wall about 1 foot thick . If wall goes over 4 feet high you
should contact an engineer.... read
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