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I'm hoping to build one of these next year, along the 2' slope in my front yard that's annoying to mow and won't grow grass the same as the rest of the yard. It
by beat 7y ago
I'm hoping to build one of these next year, along the 2' slope in my front yard that's annoying to mow and won't grow grass the same as the rest of the yard. It'd be cheaper and easier to do with manufactured blocks, but my spouse and I think a dry stone wall will look far better with our 100+ year old stucco/stone bungalow. And it'll be more engaging to build.
- a2tech 7y agoJust be careful if you're putting fill behind the wall--like all retaining walls these aren't really designed to 'hold back' anything. Their strength comes in compression, not lateral loads. At a bare minimum make sure you put a layer of crushed rock next to the wall, separating the dirt from the wall. This will mitigate water and decomposing plant material from resting against wall swelling and causing the wall to be shoved apart.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoFully agree. If you want a cheap(er than concrete blocks) retaining wall that requires no special tools to assemble use tires. Unreinforced stone is great for getting all the stone out of the field you need to plow though.
- beat 7y agoYep. My father was a landscaper, and I built a number of railroad tie retaining walls, so I get the load problems. It shouldn't be a problem, as the area already has a good gap.
- robocat 7y ago> aren't really designed to 'hold back' anything Don't tell the Europeans that! You see them throughout the med: https://www.google.com/search?q=stone+terraces+majorca&prmd=imnv&tbm=isch&sa=X https://www.google.com/search?q=stone+terraces+majorca&prmd=...
- a2tech 7y agoThose aren't designed to stop the hillside from sliding. They're there to stop erosion and crumbling at the edge. If those hillsides want to move, those walls will not hold them back.