As the sleepers are simply screwed together their construction is well within the abilities of most people without any specialist building experience.
Sleeper retaining wall design guide.
Go to section 3 1 or 4 1 of this document for retaining walls without fences above and section 3 2 or 4 2 for retaining walls with fences above up to a maximum of 1 8m high fence.
This system should equally work in a curved wall situation.
For different wall heights please adjust the figures accordingly.
Concrete sleeper s a.
Construction of retaining walls in different regional city councils have different rules and regulations to follow when building a retaining wall.
Select the appropriate design table s depending on whether or not there are fences located above the retaining wall.
This guide is a basic outline of how to install a concrete retaining wall.
That will help to strengthen the retaining sleeper wall if there is any pressure at any one point by soil pushing the sleepers forward.
For simplicity it is based on installing a 1 metre high retaining wall with 2 metre sleepers.
A 2m sleeper weights 74kg and a 2 4m sleepers weights 90kg this needs to be taken into consideration before planning a wall so if space is tight lighter is usually better.