i want to build a retaining wall about 150′ by 4′ high..what is the cheapest way to do it and make it look good? i’m in a woody area,,,the wall will be backed by woods.
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gradually sloped dirt!
Jeff
Buck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Fine Carpentery.....While U Waite
CCA railroad ties spiked together stepped back in each course of course.
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andy
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Remember the dead men.Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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Actually I had to build cribs behind the retaining wall I did a buncha years ago.....what a giant pain in the arse.
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Yeah, the option being to build the wall in some type of zig-zag pattern which isn't always possible or pleasing.Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
Why do you want a retaining wall? The purpose will help define the answers.
Do it right, or do it twice.
DW and I are doing one on the back side of my shop with old tires. Place a role down and tamp them full of dirt, step back the next course and do the same. Repeat untill the height is reached and plant all thoe dirt cresents with a vineing type ground cover. A year or two later the tires are hidden by the vines. The tires are free from a local Big-O tire center. May not be pretty to start with, but cheap!
Dave
and maybe to start, they can cut V's in em, pry the V's up like leaves and paint em colors to look like flowers......lol
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Be green......?
back yard is on a hill and i would like to get more lawn space