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[#welcome] Floydmaster <br /> <br />Questions arise! Is the wall in front old, med, new aged treated wood? <br />I have done several walls (and yes there still up Matt [:D]) in landscaping. <br />Another good question is treated wood cheaper than deco brick? <br /> <br />You asked: How long would a wooden wall last ? <br />Well it would have to be treated or cedar (not cheap). Cedar out lasted some stuff I have seen but it is in the prep work you do. Like the very bottom of the boards need not to hold water so we have used 2 ways here in Texas. <br />1) Bull rock on very bottom by board then next 2' was plan potters mix. <br />2) Is a swege pipe on very bottom then the bull rock on top of it along with potters mix. <br /> <br />Another question you asked: How deep should the wall be below ground? <br />We leveled the boards to make the joints look uniform. <br />As for art deco bricks we sink them 1/2 of the brick in the ground on level. <br /> <br />On the center of this page shows a brick wall [url]http://www.progardenbiz.com/issues/v1issue2/Retaining-Wall-LDT-12.html[/url] <br /> <br />And that is how I have been tought to do it. Other might have better and greater suggestions.[:D]
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