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Retaining wall to an engineer’s drawing

A block retaining wall holding back a sloping garden on Syke, built to a structural engineer’s drawing.

Concrete block retaining wall going up along the bottom of a sloping garden

Location: Syke, Rochdale
Work: Footing and retaining wall
Build: Two skins of 4 inch concrete block, mesh, concrete-filled cavity

The wall holds back a sloping garden. It was built to a structural engineer’s drawing: two skins of 4 inch concrete block with mesh between, and the cavity filled with concrete.

The footing on this one was more involved than a standard one.

“Always make sure you’re using qualified builders for this kind of work. It’s not as straightforward as it looks.”

Andy, on the A F Building Solutions Facebook page

The garden with the new block wall at the back — The wall in place

The sloping garden with its old stone walls at the start of the job — At the start

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