We do a lot of broken concrete retaining walls and they work very well.
Mortared recycled concrete retaining wall.
We wedge the pieces and tip the walls so it is not just straight up and down.
Mortared walls rest on a rebar reinforced concrete footing set below the frost line and require weep holes to relieve soil pressure.
Tamp the gravel in the bottom of the trench and pour at least 8 inches of concrete.
Dig a trench about 6 inches wider than your wall.
This is the third section i built of a mortared stone retaining wall.
I salvaged a couple tons of broken concrete to reuse in the construction of a retaining wall.
Figure out what materials you need get them on site and get them covered with tarps.
In addition the front face of the retaining wall must be sloped back 1 inch per foot of height.
A mortar wall must be built on a firm foundation or its joints will crack.
The lower reused concrete retaining wall is complete construction was the same as a bookleaf dry stone wall with the roughly broken 300 x 600mm 1ft x 2ft concrete slabs laid stretcher bond style and the smooth sawn pieces from our neighbour forming the base course where their textural difference would be less noticeable.
Pour the concrete footings before the ground freezes.
A mortared stone retaining wall must rest on a concrete footing extending below the frost line.
Do the layout for your wall before winter arrives it will be easier to do the planning before the ground freezes.
This adaptive reuse also kept the concrete out of the landfill.
Less building material is required for a cantilevered wall than a gravity wall and they can be poured on site or manufactured at a precast concrete facility.
Do choose a material you can easily work with.
Music learn to fly by josh woodward.
Fieldstone 11 per square foot uninstalled.
It must be deeper than the frost line or at least 12 inches deep for a 3 foot high wall.
Mortar free dry stacked stone retaining walls need only a crushed stone footing.
Retaining walls can be constructed using a variety of materials from poured concrete and large timbers to natural stones even bricks.