retaining wall

Hi guys, I’m building a single skin, 4 courses solid engineering brick retaining wall to retain a small garden lawn. I’ve left weep holes every 2nd brick at ground level and will backfill with 10mm pea gravel, but wanted thoughts on whether a polythene membrane should be put along the side of...

Hi folks, I've done a bit of homework and have designed a retaining wall for our home, and thought I'd post the design here for constructive critique. Any feedback most welcome. The house is set back up on a slope, with a mostly flat 15m long front garden which then slopes down to a space full...

Hi guys, I have a retaining wall in my back garden that separates two sections of the patio. The brick on the retaining wall is badly stained with fungal growth - see picture attached. What would be the best way to remove this? I also think the wall is fairly ugly and would welcome any...

Hi, My garden has a steep slope in parts, including an area where the previous owner has dug out soil to fit a large greenhouse, moving the soil elsewhere. This left a 2m high steep slope that I want to terrace with 1m high walls to secure the level above and gain some use of the area. The...

We have a very tired and uneven raised patio of approx 40m2 in our garden that goes from the kitchen down to a retaining wall with steps. Initially we planned to install a new patio including the rebuilding of the retaining wall as it has sunk a inch or two on one side. Not including the...

I have recently build a large retaining wall in my back garden. The is drainage behind the wall that leads out through a perforated pipe in the bottom corner of my wall. I am laying a patio at the lower side of the wall and currently sorting out the drainage. My two options are to bury 2 or 3m...

We are considering adding a timber frame extension at the back of our house, which would fill what is currently an "alley" between the back wall and a raised patio (image below is midway through some landscaping we had done last year): I have scoured these forums and others to see if what I...

Me and my partner have moved into our first home during the pandemic. Our garden is built on a slope with the house being at the lowest. Outside the back door is a concrete area that has a cinder block retaining wall with step to the side leading up to the rest of the garden. I am looking at...

Hello, we have been going round in circles deciding what to do with our front porch area and I think we have finally finally decided what do to. We have a raised patio outside our font door which needs redoing. It has a concrete slab underneath Im thinking to edge the slab with sleepers, we...

Hi, i am interested in building a retaining wall. Does anybody have any good links on how-to guides?. I would like ideally to build it from interlocking blocks, membrane and slotted drainage pipe, but I've only ever seen the interlocking blocks on american videos and not sure if they're...

I have a 1.2 metre concrete retaining wall in my back garden that I would like to strengthen to keep it good for the forseeable future, and also make it a bit nicer to look at. Water is starting to come through the wall and affect the rendering, the wall also leans forwards by around 7cm at the...

Side of the house has a path, and, mini retaining wall. The wall is 20cm tall, the ground behind a gradual slope leading 6.5m uphill towards the boundary. The incline gradually increases less than 1m. The wall is 12 m long. Excuse the pic, only one I have of the wall We thought that...

Im looking to build a 11.2m long x 1.2m high retaining wall. Of which the top 700 is soil and 500 limestone Does this sound about right? Recommended from a 'skilled friend' 6inch/140mm 7n dence block 10mm mortar 8 courses all laid flat 6 courses 440 deep 2 courses 215 deep Pillars 2 meters...

Hi. Looking for some advice please. Some of my boundary fence posts have rotted and need replacing. The issue is that there’s a difference in height of about 50-60cm between my ground and my neighbour’s ground. The original “retaining wall” from when the house was built (in 2004) consisted of a...

Hi all I’m hoping somone can give me a little more info we recently bought a new house where the garden is very sloped and in need of raising. we are hoping to put a small retaining wall in front of the rear fence concrete blocks laid flat approximately 0.5m high and back fill to this to bring...

HI All, Somewhat of a random question so don't shoot me for asking! I am building a retaining wall to form a driveway next to my house (its about 6m from the house). The height being retained is about 1m in existing made up ground forming a bank to the field next door which is about 1m lower...

Hello, This is my first post, but I'm pretty desperate and a little afraid! Over the past 5 weeks we've employed a gardener/builder to do some landscaping on our garden. We have a 1960s mid terrace property which hasn't had the garden remodelled in decades. We wanted extra space by replacing a...

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Zclad 2 by Richard Hamlett posted 6 Sep 2018 at 11:54 AMZ Clad 1 by Richard Hamlett posted 6 Sep 2018 at 11:54 AMHi Guys, So recently bought some exterior wall cladding (Zclad) spent about £350.00 on adhesive, treatment and the cladding. It's all fallen off, I contacted the company who say...

Hi there. We've got a small retaining wall on the boundary of our garden as the neighbours garden is higher than ours. It's perfectly functional but it's not very straight so I'd like to replace it as part of some landscaping we're doing. The problem I have is that it intersects with the...