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Sleeper retaining wall vertical.
This page deals with the procedure of the closed face where the most common style is to have vertical posts holding back horizontal rails.
If the wall has corners this may not be necessary.
My only concern with retaining sleeper walls of height on a slope is that they need good vertical strength.
July 9 2017 at 12 12 pm it really depends a lot on the height of the retaining wall.
Jul 21 2016 explore david bloy s board vertical railway sleeper retaining walls on pinterest.
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.
Strengthen the sleepers especially if it s a straight wall from behind with metal posts.
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.
Some walls will require a batter on the face leaning back in then this is built with a slight variation in the procedure.
In this case simply concrete the vertical posts into the ground and fasten the stacked sleepers to the posts with timberlok sleeper screws.
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.
In the attached picture the wall will replace the existing old stone wall to the right.
Here is a selection of inspiring and wonderful retaining walls made both from new used railway sleepers that have been sent in from landscapers around the world.
The wall is to be between 1m and 1 2m tall running approximately 20m.
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