Select the appropriate design table s depending on whether or not there are fences located above the retaining wall.
Sleeper retaining wall design guide.
For simplicity it is based on installing a 1 metre high retaining wall with 2 metre sleepers.
For different wall heights please adjust the figures accordingly.
Concrete sleeper s a.
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As the sleepers are simply screwed together their construction is well within the abilities of most people without any specialist building experience.
The depth of the trench depends on the height of the wall and the pressure of the earth or material you are retaining.
A 2m sleeper weights 74kg and a 2 4m sleepers weights 90kg this needs to be taken into consideration before planning a wall so if space is tight lighter is usually better.
That will help to strengthen the retaining sleeper wall if there is any pressure at any one point by soil pushing the sleepers forward.
Go to section 3 1 or 4 1 of this document for retaining walls without fences above and section 3 2 or 4 2 for retaining walls with fences above up to a maximum of 1 8m high fence.
This system should equally work in a curved wall situation.