HELP a Newbie
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Google gabion baskets.
Had discussed gabion baskets with him but the access problems would involve hiring of a crane to get them in which would be out of my budget. That's why he recommended the building of a wall from block with them laid flat and plenty of weep hole joints for drainage. Will this do the same job as the gabions?
Why on earth would you need a crane? The wire baskets dont weigh much, place the baskets then fill with stone!
Quick Google came up with this (amongst others) if any use...
http://www.weld-mesh.com/gabion.htm?gclid=CJOC5ay1gbMCFeTLtAodZDEABQ
http://www.weld-mesh.com/gabion.htm?gclid=CJOC5ay1gbMCFeTLtAodZDEABQ
The bank needs stabalised! i wouldnt even consider building a wall there no matter how deep the foundations.
The weight of any wall and foundations would only serve to weaken the banking further.
I dont even think gabions would last long.
http://www.gridforce.co.uk/ground-r...isation.html?gclid=CIya7-a8gbMCFePHtAode1oA8w
The weight of any wall and foundations would only serve to weaken the banking further.
I dont even think gabions would last long.
http://www.gridforce.co.uk/ground-r...isation.html?gclid=CIya7-a8gbMCFePHtAode1oA8w
Your house and garage are not built 5 feet from a 30 foot unstable banking are they?
Your best bet would be to put another fence up with as minimal disruption to the banking as possible. Unless you are prepared to pay a lot of money sorting out the banking.
Your best bet would be to put another fence up with as minimal disruption to the banking as possible. Unless you are prepared to pay a lot of money sorting out the banking.
Out of interest, where is your boundary line ? At the top of the banking where you're fence is ? Do you know the landowner, and do you get on well with him/her ?
I'm sure the pros will shoot me down, but it seems to me that the only guaranteed way to make this banking stable and support a decent wall (or even fence) would be to go down at least to the bottom of the ditch and work back up the slope with <something> that's solid enough to be more or less rigid and heavy enough not to lift from ground pressure below it (i.e. as you push down in your garden, the soil "squeezes" down, and the pressure lifts the banking. That's a lot of gabions (or concrete blocks, or ...), and digging out. You'd need the agreement of the landowner.
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I'm sure the pros will shoot me down, but it seems to me that the only guaranteed way to make this banking stable and support a decent wall (or even fence) would be to go down at least to the bottom of the ditch and work back up the slope with <something> that's solid enough to be more or less rigid and heavy enough not to lift from ground pressure below it (i.e. as you push down in your garden, the soil "squeezes" down, and the pressure lifts the banking. That's a lot of gabions (or concrete blocks, or ...), and digging out. You'd need the agreement of the landowner.
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