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some pics of the area would be good, how far away from the house do you plan on putting the footings for the new retaining wall, what height will the wall be going and what gradient is the garden on
a very simple sketch outline of the cross section intended not to scale the retaining wall needs 2m behind it for backfill with geogrid membrane in between layers and type 1 fill
Nic Johnson said:
if it was me doing the work i wouldnt be to concerened about a site surveyor because you will be far enough away from the main house footings, but if it was going the full length of the garden i would be more concerned about the privacey of the neighbours as the new level of the earth will be nearley as high as the fence in the background
Im not too concerned about getting an engineer myself the client asked about what effects to the house insurance it would make. At first I said the same as you its far enough away but on contacting tobermore they said you should get a site engineer but to be honest i think there just covering themselves. The wall is going almost the length of the bank but not to the end nearest the fence it curves around. I may make the whole terrace slightly lower by sloping more, the edge along the top of the wall will be planted Im not too concerned about privacy as nearly half of the new terrace will be planted
i was a site agent for 20 years and i would have no concerns unless the nearest point of excavation to the house as shown on your detail was undermining the house foundations as you are running parallel with them on a house of that nature the bottom of foundation should be around 1200 below ground level
looking at your sketch you seem to be far enough away not to warrent any concern but you need to look at draining the wall otherwise you may have a issue behind your structure --just incorporate a french drain or similar
a structural engineer with probably cost you around £500 to prove this
i would say you are wasting your money taking advise
Thankyou very much this is excactly what I was hoping for. I was guessing it would cost me around that and I didnt want to spend that kind of money for a simple answer just for piece of mind so to speak. Im hoping to see the client again to have a look at the pictures of when the extension was built as it is fairly modern it should have deep foundations im hoping the pictures will prove this
Thanks again Nic
as i have already said i wouldnt bother, BUT if the customer insists on having an engineer come out and is prepaired to pay for it then thats up to them, just agree with them and go with their needs, more chance of getting the job then
have a look on the net at gabion baskets they are ideal for for this situation there are usually on line calculators that help with the design
the customer hasnt insisted on an engineer but if he does and will pay i dont mind
i've looked at gabions but there not as flexible to design curves with as the walling product would be and they dont want to look at gabions so i would need to cover them with something as well. The tobermore wall product you fill behind and use geogrid inbetween layers which binds the whole thing together and acts as a large mass. the wall can be built in curves of any type and the client loves the idea
good luck hope all goes well
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