In this case you may need vertical retaining posts or even sleepers along the length of the wall to support the wall from leaning forward.
Sleeper retaining wall vertical.
I m currently in the final phases of putting together a quote for a project with some fairly large retaining walls and the client has asked me to provide revised costs to replace a block and render retaining wall with vertical sleepers.
Has anyone had any experience with a vertical railway sleeper retaining wall.
A concrete sleeper wall is a sleeper retaining wall constructed out of preformed concrete slabs or beams instead of wooden sleepers.
The wall is to be between 1m and 1 2m tall running approximately 20m.
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In this case simply concrete the vertical posts into the ground and fasten the stacked sleepers to the posts with timberlok sleeper screws.
Hi all first post but i have read this site over the years and always gone away a little wiser.
How to build a sleeper retaining wall retaining walls are never cheap or easy but building one from timber railway sleepers is probably as cheap and easy as you are likely to find.
The second way to build a sleeper wall is to stand them vertically a vertical walls means you can vary the height of it in different places and even create a curved rather than straight wall.
These concrete sleeper walls can have elements poured in a number of decorative molds for the sake of appearance.
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Vertical used railway sleeper retaining wall.
For example a wall 1 2 m high by x m long.
Do you want to make a wall out of railway sleepers but unsure how.
Actual used railway sleepers.
Strengthen the sleepers especially if it s a straight wall from behind with metal posts.
As the sleepers are simply screwed together their construction is well within the abilities of most people without any specialist building experience.
Show us your before and after pictures.
The posts used to brace and support the sleepers are usually concrete as well.
In the attached picture the wall will replace the existing old stone wall to the right.