I salvaged a couple tons of broken concrete to reuse in the construction of a retaining wall.
Mortared recycled concrete retaining wall.
Fieldstone 11 per square foot uninstalled.
In addition the front face of the retaining wall must be sloped back 1 inch per foot of height.
We wedge the pieces and tip the walls so it is not just straight up and down.
We ll talk more about pouring concrete footings for mortared stone walls later.
Mortared walls rest on a rebar reinforced concrete footing set below the frost line and require weep holes to relieve soil pressure.
It must be deeper than the frost line or at least 12 inches deep for a 3 foot high wall.
Pour the concrete footings before the ground freezes.
The lower reused concrete retaining wall is complete construction was the same as a bookleaf dry stone wall with the roughly broken 300 x 600mm 1ft x 2ft concrete slabs laid stretcher bond style and the smooth sawn pieces from our neighbour forming the base course where their textural difference would be less noticeable.
This adaptive reuse also kept the concrete out of the landfill.
Mortar free dry stacked stone retaining walls need only a crushed stone footing.
This is the third section i built of a mortared stone retaining wall.
We break the pieces into square foot blocks.
A mortar wall must be built on a firm foundation or its joints will crack.
Do the layout for your wall before winter arrives it will be easier to do the planning before the ground freezes.
Dig a trench about 6 inches wider than your wall.
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We do a lot of broken concrete retaining walls and they work very well.
Retaining walls can be constructed using a variety of materials from poured concrete and large timbers to natural stones even bricks.
Less building material is required for a cantilevered wall than a gravity wall and they can be poured on site or manufactured at a precast concrete facility.
Figure out what materials you need get them on site and get them covered with tarps.
Do choose a material you can easily work with.