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how to build a strong retaining wall

Step by step, turn your backyard vision into a reality. Our easy-to-follow guide demystifies the process of building a retaining wall with sleepers, ensuring durability and aesthetic appeal. Whether you're a DIY novice or expert, achieve perfection with each layer. Home Improvement Projects DIY, Home Tips & Handyman Projects

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an empty parking lot next to a tree and fenced in area with brick walkway

I'm currently in the final phases of putting together a quote for a project with some fairly large retaining walls and the client has asked me to provide revised costs to replace a block and render retaining wall with vertical sleepers. The wall is to be between 1m and 1.2m tall running approximately 20m. In the attached picture the wall will replace the existing old stone wall to the right. The new level of the lawn will be approximately 0.2 metres lower than it is in the picture. The…

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an artist's rendering of three concrete pillars in the grass

Building a wood retaining wall is a great way to keep your topsoil from washing away down a slope. Not only that, you can turn it into a terraced garden for planting anything from vegetables and flowers to small shrubs and trees. Although...

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a man sitting on a wooden bench with his hands in his pockets and looking down at the ground

Building a solid retaining wall using 4x4 treated posts is a straightforward project you can complete yourself with just some basic tools and supplies. In this article, we'll walk you through the best way to build the retaining wall...

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an outdoor patio with stone steps and planters in the center, surrounded by green grass

WoodBlocX is ideal for building modular retaining walls, making it a great alternative to bricks, stone and railway sleepers. We’ve provided a rundown of the materials you can use to build retaining walls in your garden and how the WoodBlocX retaining wall stacks up against them. Head to the website to read more

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the back yard is being dug up and ready to be used as an outdoor space

Sleeper retaining walls have been topical of late but for all the wrong reasons. When used effectively i.e. in the right place for the right application, old railways sleepers can be a strong ornamental feature for creating vegetable beds or formal plants and shrub borders or even, perhaps, as the boundaries to lawns or to create terraces to make use of a sloped and otherwise unusable piece of ground. Jane asked this question in the 'Cowboys from the wild west' thread but I feel it's…

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some wooden benches sitting in the middle of a yard

A large porcelain patio outside of bifold doors. Oak sleeper retaining surround and steps up to lawn.

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