ᐅ Retaining Higher-Level Neighboring Properties: L-Shaped Retaining Walls and Tips
Created on: 27 Feb 2021 14:31
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jaenno1
Hello everyone,
I need your expertise. Due to the new elevation of our new build, I have to retain neighboring properties that are higher. The required retaining height would be 1-1.5 m (3.3-5 feet).
My first choice was concrete retaining walls (L-shaped blocks), but I cannot install the footings pointing towards the neighbors, as this would significantly encroach on their land.
Do you have any ideas, tips, or alternatives for me?
Best regards
jaenno1
I need your expertise. Due to the new elevation of our new build, I have to retain neighboring properties that are higher. The required retaining height would be 1-1.5 m (3.3-5 feet).
My first choice was concrete retaining walls (L-shaped blocks), but I cannot install the footings pointing towards the neighbors, as this would significantly encroach on their land.
Do you have any ideas, tips, or alternatives for me?
Best regards
jaenno1
TmMike_2 schrieb:
Can’t you just add fill to the plot? gutentag schrieb:
The house is already built. She wants to go lower. So why add fill? In my opinion, your suggestion doesn’t make sense. Hmm.. I don’t want to go lower, but that’s not the point right now. How it came to this doesn’t matter anymore, since it is what it is, and I don’t want to waste energy on things that can’t be changed.
I’m just looking for a space-optimized solution given the circumstances.
Thank you 🙂
TmMike_2 schrieb:
Sorry, I think I missed some of the information flow here.
Wouldn’t it have been more sensible to take care of this before starting the house construction?
Best regards Would, should, could, etc. don’t help me now. I’ll note it down for next time, but at the moment, well-meaning advice about what I could have done differently or better in the past isn’t useful to me.
But thanks, I’ll add it to the checklist for the next house building project.
Yaso2.0 schrieb:
Hmm.. I don’t want to go any deeper, but that’s not really the point here. How it came about doesn’t matter anymore, since it is what it is, and I don’t want to spend energy on things that can’t be changed.
I’m simply looking for a space-optimized solution given the circumstances.
Thank you 🙂Sorry, understandable!!!Do you need to support 150cm (59 inches)?
Up to 100cm (39 inches), I would have suggested 36.5cm (14 inches) concrete formwork blocks with some reinforcement and a proper foundation would work.
gutentag schrieb:
Have you already received a quote for securing the property boundary? This really should have been taken care of before the house construction. When we brought this up before starting the house, all parties involved in construction said it could be done later.
And now the same people say it should have been done beforehand, as it would be easier.
As a first-time home builder, it seems you can only do it wrong. As I said, if I ever build again, I will have a checklist of what to pay attention to and when.
So far, the costs mentioned range between 40,000 and 55,000. One quote included paving work, while the other only covered retaining walls.
How deep do the existing retaining walls go?
Could you please make a sketch of the current situation? Exactly where and how deep they are installed. Are the bottom edges of the L-shaped concrete blocks already exposed? Photo?
Yes, I share that opinion as well. Unfortunately, it is too late for that now.
So let’s focus on finding a solution to the problem.
For that, we need more information.
Could you please make a sketch of the current situation? Exactly where and how deep they are installed. Are the bottom edges of the L-shaped concrete blocks already exposed? Photo?
TmMike_2 schrieb:No problem.
sorry I seem to have lost track of the information flow here.
Wouldn't it have been better to take care of this before building the house?
Best regards
Yes, I share that opinion as well. Unfortunately, it is too late for that now.
So let’s focus on finding a solution to the problem.
For that, we need more information.