Hi all,
I'm going to be building a large boundary garden wall (rear garden) that will in a small area will be partly retaining.
I have dug the foundations down to 1 meter (at it's shallowest) to firm clay and 50cm wide and planning to have the concrete 30cm thick.
The wall itself I am looking at a finished hight of 2 meters or just below and constructed from a double skin of breeze blocks although my partner wishes it to be a single skin of blocks and a face of red bricks.
I am very confident of my brick laying abilities but just wanted some feed back on the project as it progresses.
So really my first question is are the planned foundations of a suitable size and strength to support the wall.
The retaining section of the wall is only going to have around 45cm of soil hight in one corner for approx 3m in length both sides of the corner.
Cheers Poe.
I'm going to be building a large boundary garden wall (rear garden) that will in a small area will be partly retaining.
I have dug the foundations down to 1 meter (at it's shallowest) to firm clay and 50cm wide and planning to have the concrete 30cm thick.
The wall itself I am looking at a finished hight of 2 meters or just below and constructed from a double skin of breeze blocks although my partner wishes it to be a single skin of blocks and a face of red bricks.
I am very confident of my brick laying abilities but just wanted some feed back on the project as it progresses.
So really my first question is are the planned foundations of a suitable size and strength to support the wall.
The retaining section of the wall is only going to have around 45cm of soil hight in one corner for approx 3m in length both sides of the corner.
Cheers Poe.