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  1. J

    Retaining wall foundations on a slope

    I did hear that about the drainage, the bit I can't work out is when putting the membrane on the inside of the wall does the drainage sit inside or outside the membrain?
  2. J

    Retaining wall foundations on a slope

    Ah, brilliant! I thought that was how it must be done! Great work on your project by the way!! How deep were your foundations? What was the overlap on the steps and how far below the final level was the shallowest part ? Oh and did you tie the steps together with rebar?
  3. J

    Retaining wall foundations on a slope

    Ok, so I'm pretty confident after a load of research I know how to build a hollow block retaining wall for my garden. My problem is down one side of my future garden is an access track that will slope down from level with the garden at the far end to about 1.2 metres at the house end. (Hence the...
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