The mother of all walls

[fredflips]

I will build a massive wall.

35-50 m long and curving. Height varies between 1 and 2.5 m (located on uneven ground). Earth mass presses against it.

Where do you start? What options are there?

Fredrik

 

[Egon84]

Excavate, lay gravel and cast a proper footing (if there is going to be load against it, it should be a slab that goes under the soil masses, so you get force downward on it) then just build the wall, a little reinforcement might be recommended.

My grandfather built a similar wall, only about 1 meter high at my parents' house, and it's still standing after 20 years

What are you going to build the wall with?

 

[Mats]

2.5 meters is high especially considering you will also have ground pressure against it. T-elements fix the height but they are not very nice-looking.

 

[fredflips]

Thanks for the answers. I haven't really decided on any material yet, as usual, one wants the best quality at the lowest price.

What I'm wondering is if it's feasible to pour when the wall is 2.5?

 

[Mats]

Of course it is. Just look at a power plant dam or something

however is a completely different question though. Partly it's about dimensioning and reinforcement, and then it will require quite impressive molds to handle that amount of concrete