Gabion retaining walls need adequate drainage the design of the drainage system is just as important as the design of the retaining wall.
Retaining wall filter fabric.
Begin to place the retaining wall units.
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Geogrid fabric for retaining wall slope and roadbase support.
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G wrap filter fabric over.
Never build higher than the recommended maximum height for that product.
Bi directional biaxial geogrid which may be installed either perpendicular or parallel to the wall for lengths 3 4 or 6 feet.
F install filter fabric against the native soil and place the backfill gravel between the blocks and the filter cloth fig.
Blocks must always be off set unit so that the joints are staggered.
1 dig a 6 to 8 inch wide trench immediately behind the retaining wall with a shovel.
No matter what material you choose every retaining wall should include a provision to collect and drain the water that seeps through the ground behind it or the weight of the saturated soil can cause the wall to fail.
Retaining walls can be built with a range of materials cement wood natural stone and concrete blocks are all commonly used.
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Our engineering design process is a set of steps that identifies the problem then develops an understandable solution which meets the needs of the end user.
Filter cloth sizes of 4 x100 5 x360 9 and many other sizes.
Without filter protection fine textured soils will gradually accumulate between the pieces of drainage stone and the drainage for the retaining wall fails.