I'm currently in the process of terracing my garden into 3 raised terraced levels, the height of each level is between 600-900mm and the soil is a mix of clay, well wet clay this time of year
My plan is to use 100x200x2400 softwood sleepers as retaining walls for each level by arranging the sleepers in a brick bond fashion for strength and look.
Will i get away with stacking the sleepers upright, i.e 200mm so that 3x courses = 600mm, the would make the thickness of the wall only 100mm...
looking at other designs most opt to lay the sleepers flat, this would double the budget and i wonder if its overkill for a well supported wall
Onto support, the plan is to bore 100x100 posts between 600-900mm deep and stagger every 1-1.5m along the rear of the sleepers so that will not be seen from the front
Should i also retain with supports from the front?
Thanks Andrew
My plan is to use 100x200x2400 softwood sleepers as retaining walls for each level by arranging the sleepers in a brick bond fashion for strength and look.
Will i get away with stacking the sleepers upright, i.e 200mm so that 3x courses = 600mm, the would make the thickness of the wall only 100mm...
looking at other designs most opt to lay the sleepers flat, this would double the budget and i wonder if its overkill for a well supported wall
Onto support, the plan is to bore 100x100 posts between 600-900mm deep and stagger every 1-1.5m along the rear of the sleepers so that will not be seen from the front
Should i also retain with supports from the front?
Thanks Andrew