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Family handyman concrete retaining wall.
Gravity along with the slope directs most of the weight and pressure of the fill toward the lower part of the retaining wall.
How to build a concrete retaining wall.
Planning a retaining wall.
Then nail the plywood to the studs.
Materials tools and site.
Get strong long lasting retaining walls by learning how to build a wall.
Dry fit the plywood to the back of the framing and mark the strut holes and cut out the holes.
How to build a concrete wall prep work.
The wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that.
Ft you need some pretty heavy material large retaining wall blocks boulders timbers or poured concrete to counteract the pressure.
Install drain tee fittings and a drain grate every 25 ft.
How to choose modular concrete block.
To 50 ft depending on how much rainwater is expected to run down to the wall.
Learn the pros and cons of stone wood and concrete block retaining walls.
It took a day to rip out the old collapsing retaining wall to dig farther into the hill to provide room for the backfill gravel and to help unload materials.
Since soil weighs a beefy 100 plus lbs.
Plumb and brace the wall then screw down the tie plate.
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