HELP!!!

[josefmonster]

This is OH's account- so sorry for gate crashing but I need some advice- I help at a dog charity, and they need some work doing, but I could do with some advice.

The "kennel" building is a huge lean too basically,(with individual kennel runs inside the lean too) the back wall is a garden retaining wall- so very wet. It needs some kind of soak away putting in-
how would I go about this? How deep, and how wide would it need to be?

The idea would then be to build another wall as a dry inside wall, and attach
the roof to it, building a utility room and isolation kennel at the end.

OH can build walls, and is a plasterer and roofer- but he's not too sure about stuff like this, and doesn't want to do it wrong.

Alternatively is their any builders in Halifax/Queensbury area willing to give a quote, or if not advice?? Please

Builders are like gold dust, the work needs doing, and we've just had a big fundraiser!!

Cheers guys

 

[masona]

The "kennel" building is a huge lean too basically,(with individual kennel runs inside the lean too) the back wall is a garden retaining wall- so very wet.

Any ideas why the gardens wall is very wet?

Any photo?

 

[joe-90]

If it's a retaining wall it'll have earth behind it that gets sodden in the rain.

 

[josefmonster]

If it's a retaining wall it'll have earth behind it that gets sodden in the rain.

Yep thats why It's about 8-10 foot high and the garden on the other side is level with the top of it.

 

[masona]

 

[josefmonster]

Thank you

Looking at the pic, would it be possible to build a trench and put a gravel pit
to the left of the wall, then leave a gap of about a foot then build the kennel block in front?
It would be nigh on impossible to dig out the land at the back of the retainer wall- it's a huge area.

 

[masona]

deleted after reading shytalk post

 

[Shytalkz]

Be careful about digging out the soil in front of the wall, as this may provide passive resistance to sliding of the wall and its foundation.

Best way of dealing with it is as per the sketch by mason; if you can't do that, build something independent and away from it and let it do whatever it's doing.

 

[masona]

Maybe a pre-cast concrete slabs

 

[joe-90]

That's rather a huge earthwork though requiring a JCB and you'd probably knock the wall down anyway.

Why not fasten some square plastic guttering to the wet wall, low down and at a slight fall maybe with a lead flashing leading the water into the gutter.

The water would go into the gutter and run clear of the wall.

A new wall with a waterproof membrane could then be built in front of the wet wall and would thus stay dry.

It would be a fraction of the cost of the massive earthworks so far suggested.

 

[josefmonster]

Be careful about digging out the soil in front of the wall, as this may provide passive resistance to sliding of the wall and its foundation.

Good point- thats why we've asked

if you can't do that, build something independent and away from it and let it do whatever it's doing.

How far in front of the retaining wall would the new wall have to be? Hubby thinks that water will then run out of retaining wall, and collect behind his new wall making the kennel block damp

Joe-90 that may be a plan Don't know if it's practical as the retaining wall is a very old dry stone wall- so not straight at all.

Problems, problems- but thanks for the advice and keep it coming please.

 

[masona]

How long is this wall?

 

[josefmonster]

It's approx 50-60 foot long.