Design procedure overview 3.
Brick retaining wall construction details.
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It should be at least 215mm thick and bonded or made of two separate brick skins tied together.
This design is composed of two standard brick walls just inches apart that share the same foundation.
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When the space is filled with grout or concrete it becomes a solid structure.
Severely exposed brickwork this technical guide caters for those seeking to achieve long lasting results in their external works such as freestanding garden and retaining walls and chimneys which regardless of location should always be considered to be severely exposed.
A minimum wall thickness should be 215mm of bonded construction or two separate brick skins tied together see reinforcement this will suffice in most cases where the ground level difference does not exceed one metre and where ground and water pressures are minimal.
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Retaining walls can be tricky to build as they need to be strong enough to resist horizontal soil pressure where there are differing ground levels.
Between them is a gap for steel that runs up from the foundation to the top of the wall.
A retaining wall made entirely out of brick is known as a cavity wall.
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One of the things you must get right is the thickness of the wall.
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Consider the cantilever retaining wall with the cross section shown in the above figure a 1 which retain a 2m depth of soil having the ground water table at rm om 5 68 2 0 hence safe in overturning moment.