Retaining wall options
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Comments (1)If you want cost comparison of MATERIALS, contact each company and inquire. You might run into hurdles as these products are made for professional installation. Even after you get prices for the materials, it may not help you much because there are many other factors to consider in pricing a retaining wall. The labor involved is likely to be much higher than the material. A better strategy for using this forum might be to begin a thread which states your problem ... clearly shows your problem in pictures ... and asks for suggestion on how it might be handled, while considering any of your preferences....See Morehillside garden: retaining wall not an option. any other ideas?
Comments (6)Surely that cost doesn't include permit and engineer's stamp, which the 'garden center' should have told you may be required for a structure that high under that much pressure holding back that much weight, esp if it is above your house. Throughout the 9000 years since agrarian societies began, hillsides have been terraced and cut-filled to grow crops, as water running straight downhill is suboptimal at best and after the first thunderstorm throughout history every time folks became unhappy. So. Landscape timbers (4x4x8ft) hereabouts are ~US$1.00/ft so for two tiers at 3' each that is ((35*9)*2) [runs] + ((12*2)*6) [posts] = (630) + (144) = $774 just for timbers, then you'll need to drain which is ~150 for gravel & pipe and fabric and concrete should be ~75 and hardware should be ~200 so that's roughly 774+150+75+200 = $1200 just in 2 minutes of thinking about it. You'll need a path between the two so that's ~75 for gravel and 30 for fabric so you're at 1300+ just for that material, and tax at 7.5% is another ~100 so you're at 1400+. Figure 10% contingency for delivery and drill bit breaking and augur and such, and that's a cheap wall that'll hopefully last 10 years if you take your time and do it right and there's a couple dry years in there and slow melting a couple years. [/old landscaper] Dan...See MoreChoices for green wall; moss rock or camouflaged cinderblock wall
Comments (5)Thank you Yardvaark. Meditarranean refers to the climate, though I do also like Meditarranean gardens. English garden means some hedges, crucnchy paths, relaxed, busy with layers of flowers, as lush as we're able to make it, useful plants mixed between ornamentals, some trailing the ground, some climbing vertically, pops of color. My mum is English. The gardens she grew up with and the she kept as I grew up. Rough guides for us. Here are better photos. The yard is super bumpy from the the bobcat sinking into wet clay soil when we pulled up all the concrete. We've had to wait for the soil to dry. The bobcat is coming back to grade and smooth. This is the left side with the cinder block retaining wall. If we planted a hedge, it would go in front of the cinder blocks. If we build a moss rock wall, the wall would be built in front of the cinder blocks and would wrap over them. The fence is actually straight - the crookedness is from the panoramic scan. The fence with all lattice has no retaining wall right now. After it's graded, the area in front of the lattice will be a 3' wall as it's the high point of the yard and we're taking out 1' of dirt. It's only a 2' wall at the other end. Close up of the area we'd potentially plant vines. It's above the wall, in front of the fence. Plenty of weeds there before, bamboo and blackberries. You can see the side yard. That gate at the end gets replaced and moved back a good 10'. It was all concrete. The kitchen is by the gate, so we'll put herbs, small BBQ and a place to eat over there. I'm thinking pavers with green in between. The side yard passes 3 rooms, so we'll put arbors to create slightly different areas to look out of from each room, and to give a sense of passing through slightly different spaces to get to the backyard. This the same area from the other direction, facing the concrete garage wall at the back of the yard. If we go hedge, it would be planted right at the wall, where the dying cala lilies are, growing towards the fence for its depth. And a panoramic of the retaining wall side in two images, slightly warped from the panoramic scan. This shows the concrete wall that used to be the back of the garage. Please excuse the leftover tree bits. We did battle with a monstrous Blackwood Acacia that was crushing the neighbor's roof. No warping. This is the lumpy yard. Back of the yard. I'd love rose vines covering all of this. Something. Right side of the yard. The white wall is the downhill neighbor's garage, right on the property line. It was under 18" of dirt when we moved in. I excavated it and we're grading to this height to keep her garage wall exposed. The garden actually extends beyond this photo. There's about 5' width that runs 4'-10' along the side of the house, depending on where we move the fence. And finally, the existing back of the house. We're extending that room so the house is a square - where the green bin is will be house. That slider will be replaced with a 10' French sliding door. The small window will be replaced and moved. The metal siding will be gone. There will be a deck along the entire back of the house, about 5' deep. We're grading to the level of the house. The rickety fence on the left will be moved back and replaced....See MoreUsing Retaining Wall for Raised Bed Without Drain Stone Behind Wall
Comments (7)Hi! I'm a landscape company owner in Georgia. We've found that while you do not necessarily need the drainage aggregate behind a small garden wall like this, it does not add very much cost to the project, so you might as well go ahead and put at least 4-6 inches of gravel backfill. This protect the wall and help prevent any dirt from flowing through the cracks in the wall, causing a dirty appearance. If you'd like to think about wall options a little more, check out our retaining wall page on our website. Happy wall building!...See MoreChristopher CNC
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