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Get Backfilling A Retaining Wall
Pictures. Don't add all the backfill at the end—it won't compact thoroughly. Sure, retaining walls look like simple stacked stone, block, or timber.
Ments for retaining wall/sloping backfill. Sure, retaining walls look like simple stacked stone, block, or timber. Backfill the area behind the retaining wall with gravel to cover the drainage pipe.
Avoid common mistakes and the disasters that result.
Retaining walls are usually built to hold back soil mass. They can also be used to add the illusion of slope to a flat yard. A retaining wall is used for much more than you might think. When you have built your retaining wall, then you will need to add some backfill to the hole in order to shore up the wall, and prevent any type of collapse of the underlying structure.