Tacoma747
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- Joined
- Mar 20, 2005
- Location
- Winston-Salem
I hope to soon start on a retaining wall where I will be building my shop, my plan is to build it with the large concrete blocks, basically like big Legos. Has anyone done this or had any experience with it? Obviously it is something I only want to do once.... I have found blocks in Kernersville for $30/each for 2x2x6ft blocks, bad thing is I have to haul them probably 6 at a time to my land in Pinnacle. They weigh about 4,000 each...
Anyways, my thoughts are to build the wall like my high quality drawing shows, I am hoping to stay at 3 high, but might have to do 4 high in a section of the wall. I will lean them towards the wall and backfill as I go up. Gravel base, about a foot of gravel behind the bottom block, then 2-3 feet of dirt and maybe more gravel? I don't care if the wall 'seeps', i'd rather water come through the wall than push it over...
Any advice appreciated.
Anyways, my thoughts are to build the wall like my high quality drawing shows, I am hoping to stay at 3 high, but might have to do 4 high in a section of the wall. I will lean them towards the wall and backfill as I go up. Gravel base, about a foot of gravel behind the bottom block, then 2-3 feet of dirt and maybe more gravel? I don't care if the wall 'seeps', i'd rather water come through the wall than push it over...
Any advice appreciated.