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NOTE: Installation Guide for Retaining Wall, 1 metre high using 2 metre sleepers. Different Councils have different requirements. It is advisable to check with your Council before building a retaining wall. 

 

Set pegs at each end of retaining wall site and connect string line to give you the required alignment. Holes should be dug at 2010mm centres.

 

 



 

 

The post holes for the metre high wall must be dug to 1100mm deep. Once holes are completed place posts in the holes and add concrete. (Do Not over fill holes.) Concrete should not exceed 1010mm from the top of each post.

 

 

 

With the string line still in place check alignment of all posts with spirit level and recheck distances between posts. (i.e. 2010mm.) (A piece of wood or tube cut to this length will assist you to accurately check this dimension)

 



1.0 METRE – 3.0 METRE HIGH RETAINING WALL

1.0 METRE HIGH WALL

5 SLEEPERS HIGH – 5 SLEEPERS 2.0 X 200MM X 80 MM

2.0 METRE HIGH WALL ##

10 SLEEPERS HIGH
8 SLEEPERS 2.0 X 200 X 80
2 SLEEPERS 2.0 X 200 X 100 HD

## (To engineer’s specifications and council approval)

3.0 METRE HIGH WALL ##

15 SLEEPERS HIGH
7 SLEEPERS 2.0 X 200 X 80
7 SLEEPERS 2.0 X 200 X 100 HD
1 SLEEPERS 2.0 X 200 X 100 EHD

 

After concrete has cured in post holes overnight, place first sleeper between posts, then check measurement from the top of this sleeper to top of each post, you may need packing pieces under the bottom of this sleeper to get desired height. Once this height is correct add the remaining sleepers. (not bio-degradeable)

 

 

Once sleepers have been installed you will need to place plastic membrane behind the wall and Ag-pipe or Strip drain at the bottom of the wall, cover pipe with 20mm gravel to allow for drainage.

* It is advisable to leave the footings to cure for 7 days prior to back filling

 

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SO EASY TO INSTALL!

Installation has never been easier. Retaining walls can be built from as low as 200 millimetres to 3 metres high ... to suit any garden.

Standard lengths of 2 or 2.4 metres are available or can be cut to lengths between 400 millimetres to a maximum of 2.4 metres. This allows flexibility, contrasting other block products which require fixed height-for-width ratios in landscaping plans that limit Australia's creative gardeners.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If heavy machinery is being used, do not compact closer than 75% of the height of the wall. The Sleeper concrete grade is N32, except within 1 km of the coastal waters, where N40 grade concrete will need to be ordered. 120 x 65mm steel is the minimum recommended size. Sleeper thicknesses may vary.

 

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