This will need to reinforced or replaced, starting to push out a little bit and its bottom seems to just be sitting on dirt now as there’s been erosion. Recs?
This will need to reinforced or replaced, starting to push out a little bit and its bottom seems to just be sitting on dirt now as there’s been erosion. Recs?
replace with concrete or rock retaining wall. alll of that is rotten on the dirt facing side.
Any recs on the type of rock? How low to go into ground? Thank you anon.
Me, I'd go with concrete retaining wall stones (these L shaped affairs). With these you can get away with putting them in a fairly shallow trench (maybe a foot or two below grade on the right side, but the height of the wall is hard to tell from the picture) because frost heave isn't going to damage them like it might damage a solid bar of concrete running the entire length of the wall - they can move up and down a bit easily. They are pricier than pouring the entire thing from concrete though. The height of the wall is bit hard to tell from the picture but I think it's high enough that you'll definitely need a backhoe to lift L stones of the appropriate height. You're also going to need that backhoe because you'll have to move a whole bunch of earth: you cannot undermine the existing wall to a depth suitable for L stones for that might cause the whole thing to come tumbling down on you as you dig. Therefore you need to relieve pressure by removing enough clay on either side of the wall, then put up your new retaining wall and fill it back in.
It’s about 3’ tall. There might be a little concrete but that’s it.
I could add some earth so that the water goes over it…there’s drainage on either side and we did some other landscaping that routes the water away from the middle of it; damage might be done though.
builde Hadrian's wall
Not seeing the problem.
Yeah, you wouldn't
whats wrong with it? it looks fine
> looks fine
Completely agree. If it were leaning the other way, you’d have an argument. Looks like it was built that way intentionally in anticipation of leaning to the right. Just plant a few trees around there and by the time the wood rots away, the trees will hold everything in place.
Number one cause of retaining wall failure is not having the soil go slightly above the wall to let water flow over. Number two is shit material aka wood. Unless it's black locust that wood will rot in like 400 years.
I could see maybe way back when, when it was just dirt, you might have needed some erosion control. Now though, you have a good root system. I don't see a need for that "retaining wall" at all.
Get rid of it and mahe a nice above ground planting box or something.
I recommend you reinforce or replace it
I don't even see any proper anchors on the wall but you didn't include another photo of it.
What if I put in some vertical posts, maybe five or six down the line (the current wooden ties are staggered in length), dug deep enough to be really solid, and just put a flower box or pot in front of the part that would stick above the wood line?
Just rip the top 4x4 out and let the soil spill over. You'll prolong it by as long as the wood lasts. Water getting behind it and carrying silt and shit is what's bowing it.
Get hold of some stones and learn how to stone wall?
sadly the thread died for that.
If that's not a wood that's treated or a species that naturally treats itself then you're probably gonna need to replace it
Remove, trench, level limestone base, interlocking retaining wall stones, back fill with gravel within a landscape cloth envelope, 6" topsoil, plant erosion control plants behind wall, Elderberry, Serviceberry, Dogwood etc.