One key aspect of retaining wall construction is preparing a solid footing or foundation.
Retaining wall concrete footer.
If you are new to this type of project here are a few tools and materials that you may need as well as some steps to help guide you through the process.
The footing is usually made of poured concrete but in some situations homeowners may instead opt to simply use tamped earth or a gravel base.
Footers for block walls consist of a footing trench steel reinforcement rods rebar and concrete.
Retaining wall and footer pouring concrete.
Thoroughly planned and ably performed wall construction will help to ensure the retaining wall s stability.
Soil becomes saturated and freezes heaving upward and breaking the wall apart.
We recently put in a footer and retaining wall.
A retaining wall is used to stop soil or dirt in one area typically elevated from moving down to a lower area.
A wall that leans into the soil it retains is less likely to be pushed outward by soil pressure than a plain old vertical wall.
I do not have pictures of how we built it.
Avoid having downspouts pointed at the retaining wall and if it s against the house keep soil and mulch well below the siding.
Retaining wall lacks proper drainage or a footer.
Hopefully i took enough pictures of the wall to give you an idea how.
For deep frost use concrete block rather.
Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits.
Walls should rest on 3 4 minus or bank run gravel with the footer or wall base buried beneath the frost line 6 to 48 inches depending on region.
The size of the trench and diameter of the.
Because of this the footings will need to be built to create a sturdy base.
This instructable will show you pictures of the footer and retaining wall already built.