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To clarify the location, our property is the last one in a small close which travels downhill. Many years ago the garden sloped down to the field. Before we got the property th previous owners had an extension built and a high wall also built and to enable them to build this they 'built up' the...

Hi to theoldun , can you enlighten me as to what you would advise then. I thought the RSJ's would need to be against the wall , ie on the farmers side? Don't have access to all those helicopters but do have a wheelbarrow. Be interested on your thoughts

Thanks Norcon, unfortunately site access is difficult (ploughed field) , so would have to mix concrete nearby and barrow it around edge of field ! , or if time allows we will have to wait for the field to be unused for a while then do it. Thanks for size info, I take it that this would be the...

Thanks for response, take your point about causing wall to topple. Had in mind to do one hole for each section at a time until all six are in place over a period of time. As for RSJ's , what dimensions do you think would be strong enough, the length will be about 3 metres.

Have a 2.5 m high retaining wall adjacent to a field. It has two sections of 6 m long. Built with hollow concrete blocks with steel reinforcing rods inside blocks and filled with concrete. It is quite substantial but the top has moved out of plumb by about 15-20 cms. The farmer only agrees to...