Retaining wall leaning over
#1
04-22-12, 12:05 AM
Retaining wall leaning over
Hi
I have an old reataining wall that is 1m high and 30m long which is about 30 years old, it has started to lean out after huge down pour of rain and I think my palm tree roots help push it out. even though the wall is leaning out the soil has not moved and you can see gap inbetween.
I was thinking about propping the wall back up the drilling holes verticley down from the top and about 200mm into the footing and securing with steel bars to hold wall back up, then i could worry about fixing the drainage after that
thoughts????
I have an old reataining wall that is 1m high and 30m long which is about 30 years old, it has started to lean out after huge down pour of rain and I think my palm tree roots help push it out. even though the wall is leaning out the soil has not moved and you can see gap inbetween.
I was thinking about propping the wall back up the drilling holes verticley down from the top and about 200mm into the footing and securing with steel bars to hold wall back up, then i could worry about fixing the drainage after that
thoughts????
#2
04-22-12, 06:39 AM
Hello Mattyc,
What material is the wall constructed of?
I'm very skeptical of your idea of drilling holes vertically and securing with steel bars - it's very unlikely that will work satisfactorily.
Posting photos would help us a lot to come up with possible solutions.
What material is the wall constructed of?
I'm very skeptical of your idea of drilling holes vertically and securing with steel bars - it's very unlikely that will work satisfactorily.
Posting photos would help us a lot to come up with possible solutions.
#6
04-25-12, 09:54 PM
It looks like water pressure from insufficient drainage, and a poor design without any lateral support and not sufficient enough wall material to be self supporting at that height. Looks to me like it needs a tear out and re-do. Maybe a wide footing sitting on good drainage and a wider wall than now tied into the buried footing. The problem as I see it is not in repairing the damage but in correcting the cause in the first place.
