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I like the last suggestion to re use the materials currently on hand. Understand what he/she means by a running bond?
OTOH, ground contact pressure treated wood would probably last several decades in your climate. It holds up well around here with triple your rainfall.
The photos show that your wall isn't what most of us probably imagined. It's not holding back a steep bank of earth with a lot of water pressure behind it. In that case you would want a strong, concrete structure.
Thanks for your message. I think I know what running bond is - placing glue in between each layers?
Yeah. It is not holding a steep bank or anything. I have to install a french drain so I thought I might fix the retaining wall along with it.
What is the desired height of the retaining wall since that will probably be the determining factor on what to use?
Gabion baskets are used for heavy & highway construction primarily. The baskets are expensive and need to be fully hand packed with stone, not gravel or crushed stone with a hand place stone face. You would needs tons of stone to fill just a few gabion baskets.
What is the desired height of the retaining wall since that will probably be the determining factor on what to use?
Gabion baskets are used for heavy & highway construction primarily. The baskets are expensive and need to be fully hand packed with stone, not gravel or crushed stone with a hand place stone face. You would needs tons of stone to fill just a few gabion baskets.
Stackable block wall systems for that height would easily do the job even for a first timer!
If you already have have block, you could reuse them and use block adhesive to secure them since they are not the interlocking type. That said, it might be better to just purchase the interlocking ones for the wall and use you other block somewhere else for edging or another use somewhere in your yard.
What is the desired height of the retaining wall since that will probably be the determining factor on what to use?
Gabion baskets are used for heavy & highway construction primarily. The baskets are expensive and need to be fully hand packed with stone, not gravel or crushed stone with a hand place stone face. You would needs tons of stone to fill just a few gabion baskets.
Ours weren't expensive. We could have built them from hog panels, which would have been even less costly.
We filled them with stones ourselves. It wasn't difficult. Not even particularly time consuming.
I think they look good. The Life & Science Museum in Durham, NC used them as seating benches with slab stones on top.
I think it gives more of a modern, industrial vibe whereas the rock wall calls back to an earlier time.
Ours weren't expensive. We could have built them from hog panels, which would have been even less costly.
We filled them with stones ourselves. It wasn't difficult. Not even particularly time consuming.
I think they look good. The Life & Science Museum in Durham, NC used them as seating benches with slab stones on top.
I think it gives more of a modern, industrial vibe whereas the rock wall calls back to an earlier time.
I agree and have found Gabion baskets to be an excellent product for a variety of reasons, however since the OP never provided any details regarding the specifics, other than a photo of the yard, I was thinking it might be just a really small job. Apparently we now learn it is more of an edging wall, than a retaining wall in the true sense of the word.
I agree and have found Gabion baskets to be an excellent product for a variety of reasons, however since the OP never provided any details regarding the specifics, other than a photo of the yard, I was thinking it might be just a really small job. Apparently we now learn it is more of an edging wall, than a retaining wall in the true sense of the word.
Thanks. Yes, it is like an edging wall. Sorry, I did not know what the term was. Couple of contractors that I called referred to it as a retaining wall so I thought that was the correct term.
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