Beginner here and with homeownership.
Question: building a retaining wall, as it looks now the wall will be built along the public road. There is a curb cast in cement. The cement has run onto my property so I can't dig deeper to make a trench for the wall.
I started laying bricks in mortar but now notice that the ground slopes and the result is that the further down I get, the more mortar I need to use to make it vertical.
My question is, will the 25m long and 1m high retaining wall remain in place when it is later filled with gravel and soil when there is no edge at the bottom as support?
Or will the wall be fine with just coarse concrete where it gets higher?
Question: building a retaining wall, as it looks now the wall will be built along the public road. There is a curb cast in cement. The cement has run onto my property so I can't dig deeper to make a trench for the wall.
I started laying bricks in mortar but now notice that the ground slopes and the result is that the further down I get, the more mortar I need to use to make it vertical.
My question is, will the 25m long and 1m high retaining wall remain in place when it is later filled with gravel and soil when there is no edge at the bottom as support?
Or will the wall be fine with just coarse concrete where it gets higher?
It will be necessary to anchor it to the bottom and, with that height, anchor it into the slope. Reinforce with at least 16 rebar per meter straight down into the ground, about 50 cm. At the top, rebar is attached to the wall about 30 cm down and goes straight into the slope, well anchored with 30x30 concrete slabs that the rebar goes through and bends on the back side. It is suitable for the anchor to be at least 1.5 meters in, depending on how the slope is.