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Organised by the kind of project rather than by date, so you can find the thing you are actually thinking about.

01

How it’s built

Most of a retaining wall is buried

This is the build, in section. The gravel pad goes in first, then a perforated drain pipe at the base, then block set course by course with clean stone backfilled behind every one.

Everything below the grass line is what you are actually paying for. Skip it and the prettiest wall on the street leans within five years.

  • Compacted stone base
  • Drain pipe piped to daylight
  • Gravel behind every course
  • Capstones and plantings last
Sheet 01 · Segmental wall, section view
A segmental retaining wall built into a cut bank, shown half in elevation and half cut away A raw earth bank is retained by a block wall: a compacted gravel levelling pad goes into a trench, a perforated drain pipe is set at the base, blocks are laid course by course with each course stepped back, drainage gravel and compacted soil are backfilled behind every course, capstones finish the top and the terrace above is turfed, planted and dotted with flower accents.
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