Step 4 installing sleepers backfilling the next day you can slide your sleepers into your posts.
How to build a concrete sleeper retaining wall with steel posts.
Please ensure you leave 200mm behind the retaining wall area for backfill.
Other systems you can use include timber sleepers which are also very light and easy to install but are also prone to rotting fading and white ant damage.
In fact this system is a great option for diy.
That will allow the next post to be better positioned.
Sleeper retaining wall posts come in two varieties steel galvanised h beams or a vertical sleepers.
Preparing the area clear and level your site where you plan to build the retaining wall.
For example if your wall is going to be 800mm high the holes for your posts should be 500mm deep.
Tie a string around one post then tie the other end of the string to the other post.
Using sleepers as your posts costs about a third of the price of h beams.
Retaining wall system that has been designed engineered and certified specifically for retaining walls garden beds and edging up to a height of 900mm.
Alignment place a star piquet or peg at both ends of the proposed wall.
The benefits of using a durawall concrete sleeper retaining wall are numerous.
Continue with the other post and keep a minimum 40mm for lean back.
Time now to concrete your posts into position.
Dig the holes for the posts.
Building a retaining wall with concrete sleepers is one of the easiest methods you can use to build a retaining wall.
Install sleepers and backfill.
The traditional way of building a sleeper wall is horizontal.
Before moving onto the next post place into position the intervening bottom sleeper.
Recheck the distance between each post and fill the hole with concrete containing a mixture of cement gravel and sand up to 600 mm from the top.
Use landscaping screws to fix these two rows together and then continue this until you have the height of wall you want.
Lay out the first row of sleepers horizontally and then the next layer on top like bricks.
This means you won t have to worry about termites.
Drive two wooden posts on the ground one on each side of your wall.
Maintenance free concrete sleepers will not rot burn warp split or flake and is resistant to termites white ants.
Make sure the line formed by the string is a straight line.
This will help you in aligning your steel posts.
Durable it will last at least 4 times longer than a timber wall.
Reinforced concrete sleepers and galvanised steel posts step 1.
Mix your concrete and pour it into your holes fill right up to your bottom sleeper this will be your footings to insure your wall doesn t sink over time.
Starting at one end of the wall insert the appropriate post and concrete into position ensuring that it is at the required height and vertically level.