Retaining walls?

[hiluxman]

Yeah can clad them or for £200 a block they’ll cast the stone in the mould for you

Where do you get them from

 

[Storrsy]

Might look ok on a motorway embankment but would look wank as a garden wall imho.

The joints catch the eye a bit I agree- but would prefer to look at that over sleeper wall or gabions myself- grow some roses up it etc would look a nice I think

 

[GazCro]

The joints catch the eye a bit I agree- but would prefer to look at that over sleeper wall or gabions myself- grow some roses up it etc would look a nice I think

To be fair i say that not just in reference to the joints but also the fact that the stone would be completely out of place here as well.

 

[craig]

To be fair i say that not just in reference to the joints but also the fact that the stone would be completely out of place here as well.

I think they will use whatever stone you want.

 

[GazCro]

I think they will use whatever stone you want.

Yeah but take them stone local to here and they won't know where to start and thats the thing about stonework its v area specific. Take that 20 mile in any direction from here it wouldn't look too out of place.

 

[craig]

Yeah but take them stone local to here and they won't know where to start and thats the thing about stonework its v area specific. Take that 20 mile in any direction from here it wouldn't look too out of place.

I was meaning the local coloring rather than the style its layed, you can have three local masons with three styles.

 

[Giles]

Horses for courses good for rapid deployment of a quick wall or say into a watercourse etc but can just do concrete ones to be the mass then clad in local stone. They’d be out of place in Norfolk with flint walls etc but it’s local firm doing them snd you can take your own stone and set them into their moulds if you want

 

[Giles]

Where do you get them from

Firm in Glossop called wot block they aren’t standard item but they’ll do them if requested

 

[craig]

Local

RPC Contracts/Paving Ltd

RPC Concrete Paving Solutions - Concrete revetment mattresses North Wales, United Kingdom

www.rpcltd.co.uk

 

[Canal Navvy]

Horses for courses good for rapid deployment of a quick wall or say into a watercourse etc but can just do concrete ones to be the mass then clad in local stone. They’d be out of place in Norfolk with flint walls etc but it’s local firm doing them snd you can take your own stone and set them into their moulds if you want

I can see them being really useful on listed building projects where the client would like a close match to the original building but the conservation officer wants to have the curtilage easily distinguishable.
I've also seen roads shut for months while all of the interested parties cover their arses , a known product with a custom face would have saved aggravation

 

[Smiffy]

I can see them being really useful on listed building projects where the client would like a close match to the original building but the conservation officer wants to have the curtilage easily distinguishable.
I've also seen roads shut for months while all of the interested parties cover their arses , a known product with a custom face would have saved aggravation

Yeah but so can a block cutter and some mastic.
Some of the stone quarrys even sell slithers in pallet loads that can be put up using outdoor tile adhesive

 

[hiluxman]

Firm in Glossop called wot block they aren’t standard item but they’ll do them if requested

Had normal ones from wot block before didn't realise they could do that aswell

 

[JD450A]

Application of a few castlation style polystyrene or wooden blocks would soon see the ability to loose the lines...

 

[Brendan]

Last couple of retaining walls have been the stepoc blocks, straight forward but need to get the initial steel setout right, bed the first course in mortar and dry Lau the rest with rebar tied in and fill with concrete. Can't find the pictures of the steelwork in the concrete footing but essentially cage with L bars to suit spacings.

 

[Russell]

I dunno- I do loads of retaining walls using nothing but dry stone granite- an engineer would probably have a fit- but often they're just replacing what has lasted 100 years or so. With dry stone you just need a bit of batter and some nice big lumps- I guess it's the natural alternative to Lego blocks. Haven't had one fail to be fair.
Finished height of this one I did last year was 7ft.
And last one was a restoring sections of retaining dry stone wall

I would love to do a bit of dry stone walling. It looks like the kind of job that would be very good for your head.

 

[V8Druid]

I found that welding of reinforcement became decidedly risky when there was a mass dumping of Chinese "alloy" cold deformed on the market

Warning issued on welding rebar

The growth of Chinese reinforcing steel in the UK construction market has prompted industry guidance to be issued warning that it may require specialist welding techniques.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[Danny]

How long do you think is 'fair' to give as a guarantee for a retaining wall? 12 months, 12 years? Obviously, everyone stands by their work but what's an acceptable amount of time?

 

[GazCro]

How long do you think is 'fair' to give as a guarantee for a retaining wall? 12 months, 12 years? Obviously, everyone stands by their work but what's an acceptable amount of time?

Surely if its engineer designed and you've followed spec you can pass on responsibility

 

[doobin]

How long do you think is 'fair' to give as a guarantee for a retaining wall? 12 months, 12 years? Obviously, everyone stands by their work but what's an acceptable amount of time?

I give 12 minutes or 12 miles, whichever comes first

 

[Danny]

Surely if its engineer designed and you've followed spec you can pass on responsibility

Yes, but when a customer wants a wall say 1.2m high wall and doesn't want drawings so you spec it yourself without getting an engineer involved whether you use blocks, sleepers, timber stakes what's an acceptable timeframe didn't know if there was a timeframe as you could get a phone call in 10 years time?