I have a pool that is built on a sloping plot. Soil has been added on one long side to fill in, and the soil is held back by a concrete wall, regular L-blocks. These have now started to give way...
A meter from the wall, there are sturdy cast pillars in the ground that support a wooden deck, which lies on top of everything.
To avoid digging around the pool and redoing everything but still prevent the impending disaster, I thought of supporting the wall with some sort of expandable steel rod, which would then go from the cast pillars diagonally upward to support the wall. It's a distance of about 1m.
My question now is - does something like that even exist? I'm thinking of a type of bar you put in a doorway and strengthen your back muscles with, but a bit more durable of course. So you can put the steel rod in place and then screw it out until it provides proper support (and maybe push the wall back a little at the same time).
Long shot but worth a try
A meter from the wall, there are sturdy cast pillars in the ground that support a wooden deck, which lies on top of everything.
To avoid digging around the pool and redoing everything but still prevent the impending disaster, I thought of supporting the wall with some sort of expandable steel rod, which would then go from the cast pillars diagonally upward to support the wall. It's a distance of about 1m.
My question now is - does something like that even exist? I'm thinking of a type of bar you put in a doorway and strengthen your back muscles with, but a bit more durable of course. So you can put the steel rod in place and then screw it out until it provides proper support (and maybe push the wall back a little at the same time).
Long shot but worth a try
You could use stämp to try to push back the L-stöden as much as possible, and at the same time install fixed, custom-fit bars/pipes on site, and once these are in place, remove the stämp.
However, steel pipes/bars might not look that nice and could be quite a tripping hazard. An alternative could be to fill in more mass with a slope or to build a new retaining wall just outside the L-stöden.
A big question, though, is why the L-stöden are giving way? They usually hold up for most things. Was the groundwork not done properly?
However, steel pipes/bars might not look that nice and could be quite a tripping hazard. An alternative could be to fill in more mass with a slope or to build a new retaining wall just outside the L-stöden.
A big question, though, is why the L-stöden are giving way? They usually hold up for most things. Was the groundwork not done properly?
Perfect, stämp seems to be what I need. Learned a new word today
The wall is overbuilt, so there's no tripping hazard. I'll see if I can take a picture of the mess and maybe get some other good ideas It's probably 20-30 years since it was built and with the pressure from above on the soil masses, it has probably given way somewhere.
Thanks for the help,
Calle
The wall is overbuilt, so there's no tripping hazard. I'll see if I can take a picture of the mess and maybe get some other good ideas
It's probably 20-30 years since it was built and with the pressure from above on the soil masses, it has probably given way somewhere.Thanks for the help,
Calle