Retaining Wall Concrete Gravel Boards

Hi all im in the process of sorting out the garden and looking at potentially using concrete posts and concrete gravel boards as sleepers won t last long unless they re railway or oak.

Retaining wall concrete gravel boards.

Concrete fence posts and gravel boards retaining wall. Browse our selection of trade standard gravel boards including concrete and wooden gravel boards. I want to level my garden as it drops away badly at the bottom. Retaining walls using concrete gravel boards telford shropshire you do not have to use brick or sleepers for retaining walls.

Discussion in landscaping and outdoors started by glarhzilla jun 2 2020. The technique of using gravel boards spanning between post to retain soil is call a berlin wall in the construction industry. If i took out the old wall and put in 9ft concrete posts could i use 12 inch concrete gravel boards to make a small retaining wall. I did exactly as the photo using two gravel boards with only 12 of retaining ie just up to the top of the first concrete panel so from my neighbors side he saw two gravel boards but i saw only one it worked ok but did crack a couple of the concrete panels when the tractor went on the retaining side and not close to the gravel boards either i had to re dig out and sink some old concrete.

Using concrete gravel boards as retaining wall. Click and collect is available or enjoy free uk delivery on selected orders over pound 150 excl. My concern is that whether the concrete posts will hold back 3 ft of dirt if they are concreted 1 9 ft in to the ground leaving us 6 ft above ground. The neighbour s garden is about a foot lower and the retaining wall has subsided.

We are extending our garden but the level drops by 3 foot our plan is to use concrete posts 7 9 ft with 3 ft of gravel boards and a 3 ft wooden fence panel. 2 posts page 1 of 1. By markandcath thu jul 25 2019 9 09 am. The principle is that the active earth pressure on the boards and the wind loading on the fence above is resisted by the passive earth pressure in front of the buried section of the posts.

Can i put 4 12 concrete gravel boards and back fill to them or is this a bad idea. Concrete gravel board walls are not the prettiest type of retaining wall but if the wall is not too high and you want something that is going to last then this will certainly do the job.