Peri project for a couple of diyers.

[Balenza]

Anyone with experience of this ?

My neighbour friend wants to erect a 15 foot retaining wall behind his bungalow to prevent a bank from slipping and has asked me to give him some help. He is thinking of hiring the peri system from a local company and has loaned a digger from another farmer friend.
Are their pitfalls to look out for when using peri where inexeprienced operatives are concerned ?.
It looks easy enough.

 

[IJWS15]

AFAIK if you are going to employ anyone to work on it scaffolding (of any kind) must be erected by a qualified person.

Excavation or scaffold means significant risk of serious injury (falls and landslip) - a 15ft fall is enough to kill. Both together increase the risk.

You can take whatever risks you want with your own life but make sure you do not put anyone else at risk.

 

[Fluffster]

I agree with above only competent certified person can erect the scaffold. You will also need a banksman and knowledge of trench work and shuttering guards.
As we say falls from heights and crush injuries biggest killers on sites.
Pete

 

[noseall]

15 feet high!

we're talking civil engineering here.

 

[Balenza]

noseall wrote

we're talking civil engineering here

Well I always try to be as civil as possible.
We weren't considering erecting any scaffolding ,just the shuttering.
Any other pitfalls to avoid ?.

 

[Balenza]

No one with experience of peri then ?.

 

[neilsumner]

With the greatest respect.
That looks like a structure that will probably need some sort of planning or building regs approval. This needs to be designed not just put in by a couple of diy'ers. It may be that the company supplying the system offer a free design service for their product.

Sorry to sound negative but a 15 foot retaining structure holding up land or perhaps even a bungalow needs to be designed by a professional in my opinion. For instance have you given any thoughts to drainage?

-Neil

 

[Balenza]

neilsummer wrote

For instance have you given any thoughts to drainage?

Errm, a big pipe laid behind the wall at low level.