After seeing little post and rail wood retaining walls on youtube i decided i would put the one i just completed online to help others learn.
How to build a post and plank retaining wall.
Building a wood retaining wall is a great way to keep your topsoil from washing away down a slope.
Because a retaining wall is going to be in contact with the ground make sure you use lumber that s rated for ground contact.
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Retaining walls can be constructed with various materials from stone to wood.
Building a wood retaining wall helps to reshape slopes on your property to create level areas for driveways gardens paver patios children s play areas and decks retaining walls also keep soil and vegetation away from established structures.
If your wall is longer than the lumber you order you ll have to splice the planks.
Level but for a longer wall rent a builder s level.
Pick a building material that will work with the look and feel of your yard.
Not only that you can turn it into a terraced garden for planting anything from vegetables and flowers.
If your retaining wall is going to be 40 feet 12 m long you need 14 posts 40 length of the wall divided by 3 space between each post for your wall.
If you re building a wall with only a couple of 4 ft.
Post plank retaining wall.
How to build a wood retaining wall.
A timber retaining wall is great for reshaping a sloped yard and lending a real identity and presence to your garden area.
If it s going to be 5 feet 1 5 m tall make sure your posts are 5 feet 1 5 m tall with an additional 18 inches 46 cm on top.
How to build a wood retaining wall if you want to move the earth build a retaining wall by the time you re done you ll feel as though you ve moved half the planet.
The wall is still i.
Sections you can get away with using a 4 ft.
However wood retaining walls can be constructed very easily with a few simple tools and some basic woodworking skills.
Always splice them on a post and stagger your joints as far away from each other as your materials will allow.
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Building a retaining wall of blocks concrete or rock can be hard work.
Once you know where you want the wall then you begin to dig out and begin clearing out the ground near the area.
To make life easy i set a screw as a cleat to hold each plank where i want it then use a cordless impact driver to set four 3 inch deck screws per.
I am a beginner.