my first post so please go easy on me..!
I have a bank at the side of my house, (which slopes from my border down to my house) which i am currently excavating.
Once excavated i should have approx a 5m x 12m flat space.
The earth is a very heavy clay.
I am planning on having a detatched garage + hardstanding/slab in front of the garage with gates leading to the front garden of the property.
I need to build a retaining wall, about 4-5ft high
I need to build a garage.
I was going to use hollow concrete blocks for the retaining wall,
re-enforced with rebar and poured concrete with weep holes made from drainpipe and cut into though the blocks.
I want to use the same retaining wall (at the far end of the wall) as the lower part of the wall of the garage wall and build it higher without the weep holes and with a tanking membrane behind. Retaining wall will make up two sides of the garage.
before I even get to the foundations stage, can someone offer me advice or opinion.... currently i'm just digging..!
Cheers guys...
I have a bank at the side of my house, (which slopes from my border down to my house) which i am currently excavating.
Once excavated i should have approx a 5m x 12m flat space.
The earth is a very heavy clay.
I am planning on having a detatched garage + hardstanding/slab in front of the garage with gates leading to the front garden of the property.
I need to build a retaining wall, about 4-5ft high
I need to build a garage.
I was going to use hollow concrete blocks for the retaining wall,
re-enforced with rebar and poured concrete with weep holes made from drainpipe and cut into though the blocks.
I want to use the same retaining wall (at the far end of the wall) as the lower part of the wall of the garage wall and build it higher without the weep holes and with a tanking membrane behind. Retaining wall will make up two sides of the garage.
before I even get to the foundations stage, can someone offer me advice or opinion.... currently i'm just digging..!
Cheers guys...