Forces on retaining walls 6.
Concrete block retaining wall design uk.
Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.
Higher walls can be constructed using geo mats to construct reinforced earth walls.
Retaining wall solutions uk types.
Calculations available for reinforced concrete reinforced masonry and gabion retaining walls.
Reference guide for designing retaining walls using interlocking concrete blocks document no.
Concrete block retaining walls our concrete block retaining walls can be used to construct a range of retaining wall structures from 1 0m to 6 0m.
Design procedure overview 3.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
Three kinds of reinforced masonry walls are supported.
Interlocking retaining wall block uk for garden landscaping soil erosion control.
We have written a section on retaining wall design and how the different types of walls work.
The geo mat is attached to the blocks with galvanized steel fixing.
The terra force l15 interlocking mortarless concrete hollow block retaining wall system provides the solution to projects requiring soil retaining walls erosion protection garden terracing and reinforced slopes.
Reinforced earth walls can be built to 15 20m high and is a very economical solution to high retaining walls.
The concrete block act as a protective facing to the wall and allow the reinforced earth wall be built safely.
A garden retaining wall of up to 400mm high can be built out of a single skin wall of facing bricks or concrete block.
The examples below are 1 0 1 5 1 8 2 4 3 0 and 4 8m high wall.
Uses range from landscaping garden walls and terraces as well as civil engineering projects.
A wall any higher than this needs to be thicker and there are several ways of achieving this.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
To understand how a retaining wall works go to the about us page and download our design guide.
Bricks can be laid in two skins which can be held together by mesh or built as a 225mm thick wall as shown in the laying bricks project.
Guided by eurocode provisions ec7 ec6 and ec2 uk national annexes and the relevant text books.
The retained material is assumed to be well graded granular backfill with back of wall drainage or weep holes to relieve hydrostatic pressure.
The design table above presents for the reinforced block retaining walls are indicative designs based upon a base material with allowable bearing pressure of 200kpa.
Select a retaining wall type below to learn more about the different retaining walls you can build.