Math question for any engineers out here
I’m in the process of building a parking pad in this spot. I ran a string line to measure my retaining wall height. If I have the line 3 feet above the ground and check the line for level, it is still...
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I had a sloped area I needed to bring up level that was going to need about an 8' retaining wall. After some thinking I decided I didn't care if the area behind and beside the flat area was usable so I had about twice as much fill brought in and let the back and sides just taper off. I used shale which locally was very cheap, topped off with crushed stone and it worked fine. Been about 3 years now and everything is still stable.
PS: I did put a low wall around 12" at the bottom edge so the bottom edge would not keep spreading out. It is just pressure treated straked in place because it doesn't have a lot of weight pushing on it. would be optional but I had another flat area at the lower level that I didn't want to spill into.
PS: I did put a low wall around 12" at the bottom edge so the bottom edge would not keep spreading out. It is just pressure treated straked in place because it doesn't have a lot of weight pushing on it. would be optional but I had another flat area at the lower level that I didn't want to spill into.
