How do i secure a landscaping wall made of cross ties 6ft tall by 60ft long so it dont fall over?
Question:one side will be backfilled with dirt the other open.
Answers:
Place a deadman every so often about 2/3 the way up the wall. A deadman is a T made up of the same material that the wall is, and will be buried. Connect the top of the T with a piece of #4 or #6 rebar driven through a hole in the two pieces. The bottom of the T will tie into the face of the wall in the same way.
Angle the wall back slightly and back fill along the wall with 3/4 inch gravel to allow for drainage. This will keep the soil forces of freezing and thawing and swelling of the soil from pushing the wall out.
Every ten feet or so you must insert a rail into the hill that will be backfilled around. This will help to hold the wall up.
you use a deadman a T made out of timbers and tied to the wall and back filled over install them in the center run then run re bar through it all
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