This boundary wall actually renders our low retaining wall obsolete but it also serves to make a.
Add drainage to existing retaining wall.
Typically drain lines are installed at the base of new walls.
Why proper drainage is important for retaining wall performance.
Water that s allowed to build up behind retaining walls can damage a wall or cause it to give way.
It is just over 6 metres long.
How to drain retaining walls.
Tree roots may add to the pressure as well.
However retaining walls are built with a certain capacity in mind.
When you are installing the landscaped earth which the retaining wall is designed to hold up you should fit in some pvc pipes.
No stones behind the wall.
Yeah the retainer wall is right at the end of my driveway coming up from the street to the end of the house.
With proper retaining wall drainage and construction it can bring a lot of character and function to your landscaping.
So the solution here would have been in the way the retaining wall was built to begin with.
Retaining walls are a seemingly simple enhancement to any landscaping project.
I d like some advice on how best to install some drainage behind an existing retaining wall.
Not adding drainage pipes.
So can the weight of items placed on the ground above and behind the wall e g parked vehicles or an outbuilding.
You may have to submit plans for your wall and schedule a property inspection to ensure that building a retaining wall won t create drainage problems.
The way to build.
While you re at it do also place a call.
The design of a properly built retaining wall resists the force of the soil behind it and prevents caving buckling or leaning.
Immediately behind it is our neighbour s boundary wall.
However nearly 80 of all residential retaining walls fail at one point or another because of poor drainage.
A retaining wall is built to hold back a certain amount of soil.
I have a low retaining wall 500 mm constructed of single brick.