Concrete masonry units concrete blocks manufactured to provide an attractive durable stable face to a retaining wall.
Block retaining wall design example.
Traditional retaining wall solutions can be expensive and restrictive for example cast in situ construction is slow and expensive to build and precast retaining wall panels are restricted in height.
Take a look to see if you can make one of these styles work for your project.
Learn more about gravity wall construction.
Let s take a fresh look and see how concrete interlocking blocks or more commonly known as concrete lego blocks can be used as the solution.
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Please note that the gravity wall chart provided has specific heights for specific site and soil conditions.
Retaining walls built from boulders are practical and extremely effective.
Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.
Based on our example in figure a 1 we have the forces due to soil pressure due to water and surcharge load to consider.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Sketches of the retaining wall forces should be considered to properly distinguish the different forces acting on our retaining wall as tackled in the previous article retaining wall.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Retaining walls which set out a design methodology and safe load tables for these structures.
The following design example briefly illustrates some of the basic steps used in the allowable stress design of a reinforced concrete masonry cantilever retaining wall.
Boulder retaining wall ideas.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Gravity walls rely on their own weight and setback to hold up the soil behind them.
Oldcastle mini beltis 3 in.
W x 4 in.
Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits.
Design procedure overview 3.
Conditions and wall geometry n a design example which demonstrates the use of the australian standard and.
Avoid having downspouts pointed at the retaining wall and if it s against the house keep soil and mulch well below the siding.
There are some great examples of block retaining walls in the photos below from basic cinderblocks to intricate masonry work.
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The interlocking retaining wall block can be used to build walls up to 24 to 36 inches high depending on the size of the block.
H x 8 in.
If you are not sure of your site conditions we recommend being conservative with your retaining wall heights or use geogrid in your retaining wall.
Assume level backfill no surcharge or seismic loading active earth.
D tan charcol concrete retaining wall block 378 piece pallet model 16253061 1 28 1 28.