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.
Sleeper retaining wall design guide.
Select the appropriate design table s depending on whether or not there are fences located above the retaining wall.
As the sleepers are simply screwed together their construction is well within the abilities of most people without any specialist building experience.
This system should equally work in a curved wall situation.
Construction of retaining walls in different regional city councils have different rules and regulations to follow when building a retaining wall.
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Go to section 3 1 or 4 1 of this document for retaining walls without fences above and section 3 2 or 4 2 for retaining walls with fences above up to a maximum of 1 8m high fence.
That will help to strengthen the retaining sleeper wall if there is any pressure at any one point by soil pushing the sleepers forward.
Concrete sleeper s a.
For simplicity it is based on installing a 1 metre high retaining wall with 2 metre sleepers.
The depth of the trench depends on the height of the wall and the pressure of the earth or material you are retaining.