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Retaing walls help

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Posted by whiterab on Monday, May 2, 2005 8:08 PM
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.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 2, 2005 6:22 PM
I would like to know how you did the 1/29th retaining wall Joe .
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Posted by whiterab on Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:49 AM
Pete,

Echoing Bob's question;

Do you mean this?



Or do you mean this?

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Posted by Capt Bob Johnson on Sunday, April 17, 2005 7:33 AM
Retaining wall 1:1 to build layout on, or retaining wal in scale for use on railroad???
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:17 PM
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
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Retaing walls help
Posted by crackerpete on Saturday, April 16, 2005 7:31 AM

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

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