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| Allie trying not to get rain in her eyes |
After our builders levelled our block at Salisbury, they needed us to build a second retaining wall on the South side that they had cut away, so our South neighbour's yard didn't fall into ours. We decided to go the 'el cheapo' route with this one, and Tom managed to score some star pickets and corrugated iron for free from somewhere.
Compared with our effort on the retaining wall on the other side (
see here for the details), this retaining wall was a cinch. Easy for me to say of course, from my vantage point on the front footpath under my umbrella. Tom and Allie worked very hard in the rain, holding the corrugated iron in place and sledge-hammering the star pickets into the ground.
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| Tom hitting in one of the star pickets. |
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| Tom hard at work. It looks like he chose the right side of the fence to work on, not only because of the height advantage! |
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| Allie scrutinising Tom's progress, as always |
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| The rest of the block, where you can't even see our North retaining wall anymore (from our side at least) because the dirt has been shoved up against it |
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| The whole block from the other side of the road |
To see the process of building our first retaining wall, click
here.
To see the demolition of the little house, click
here.
How is this corrugated iron retaining wall holding up? I'm thinking of doing the same thing.
ReplyDeleteHi Charlie,
ReplyDeleteIt's actually held up incredibly well. We weren't expecting it to be a permanent solution, but a couple of years later it's still going strong. The neighbours have even been driving earth-moving equipment on their side of the fence, without any noticeable change to the retaining wall on our side, so as long as you're careful to drive the stakes into the earth as deep as possible, it should be quite strong.
Good luck!
Bec