Retaing walls help

[crackerpete]

Greetings to you all,
I need some suggestions for retaining walls. What materials, how to do it... etc.
thanks,
Cracker Pete

[Anonymous]

Just a thought, My brother -in-law is putting in a pool and around it he's building a retaining wall. He's using building block from Lowe's. it looks like a triangle with the ends cut off and it has a lip on the bottom to catch the row below. the block is about 1ft. wide in the front and tapers back, and is about 6 inches high. He's going 3 high for about 50 feet. And is using a base of concrete poured out of the bag and sprinkled with a hose. Hope this helps., Don

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Retaining wall 1:1 to build layout on, or retaining wal in scale for use on railroad???

[whiterab]

Pete,

Echoing Bob's question;

Do you mean this?



Or do you mean this?

[Anonymous]

I would like to know how you did the 1/29th retaining wall Joe .

[whiterab]

Mike,

It's just a three sided box made from Jigstones. I built the box and backed it with Quickrete and wire mesh and waterproofed it. To mount the bridge I buried the bottom part and filled the upper part with gravel so the wooded bridge supports have plenty of drainage. It took awhile - lots of little stones to paint.