Revetement Recycled Concrete Retain Wall
By definition a retaining wall is a structure that is used for supporting the soil mass laterally so that the soil on different sides of the wall is retained at.
Revetement recycled concrete retain wall. The wall builds more than just beauty into our stone retaining wall projects. Your retaining wall will stand on our exclusive 5 year warranty. Strong long lasting and suitable for small residential to large commercial landscaping projects. How to build a concrete wall prep work.
Different ways to use recycled concrete. I salvaged a couple tons of broken concrete to reuse in the construction of a retaining wall. Epic retaining wall guide setting out the 11 different materials you can use to build a functional durable strong and beautiful retaining wall as well as 8 retaining wall designs. Construction and demolition projects can create large quantities of waste building materials which often end up in the landfill.
Since our first recycled concrete retaining walls in the 1980 s residential and commercial properties around the northwest have chosen the wall for adding beauty and value to any natural setting. Old concrete can be broken up onsite using a portable crushing machine and used as an underlay to stabilize a roadbed or driveway. Many revetments are used to line the banks of freshwater rivers lakes and man made reservoirs especially to prevent damage during periods of floods or heavy seasonal rains see riprap many materials may be used. The wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that.
Ellen rathje david trejo and kevin folliard march 2006 potential use of crushed concrete and recycled asphalt pavement as backfill for mechanically stabilized earth walls mechanically stabilized earth mse walls figure 1 have been used throughout the u s. Easy to work drill screw and rout. Concrete revetments are the most common type of infrastructure used to control the mississippi river. Large pieces can be used to build retaining walls.
It took a day to rip out the old collapsing retaining wall to dig farther into the hill to provide room for the backfill gravel and to help unload materials. Resistant to termites rot water and sun damage. Recycled concrete can be used in other projects around the home. Materials tools and site.
The lower reused concrete retaining wall is complete construction was the same as a bookleaf dry stone wall with the roughly broken 300 x 600mm 1ft x 2ft concrete slabs laid stretcher bond style and the smooth sawn pieces from our neighbour forming the base course where their textural difference would be less noticeable. This adaptive reuse also kept the concrete out of the landfill.