There is a manhole in the property driveway that was raised by adding 4 meter rings a long time ago, about 24 inches. WE are raising the driving slop and the subcontractor added 3 concrete rings about 30 inches. Totally the manhole was raised 54 inches.
The city public works department...
The contractor for shotcrete and soil-nail retaining wall want to wait until there is 7-9 days of continuous sunny day in forecast to start. It is impossible to find such a period until summer.
They can cover the wall during rain but they are concern about the the water saturating soil...
I hope to have a smooth finish of the shotcrete wall but my contractor said it is not possible to do some hand trowel to smooth it because hand trowel will compromise the integrity of the wall, causing cracks in the wall.
Is it accurate?
We are working on options for a 20 feet tall retaining wall. The problem is the wall will be 1-5 ft from the property line. Soil nail is an option but the nails will be drilled into adjacent property and it is a headache that we hope to avoid.
What would be other options for this wall? I think...
We hope to have a smooth wall that matched the rest of the house but poured in place concrete is not possible due to limited footing.
MSE is one of the solution but we don't like the honeycomb look of the MSE wall. Is it possible to put stucco or painted cement over the face of the wall?
Any...
I am not sure if this is the correct forum to ask this question.
We are trying to figure out a solution for walking access of a steep slope (20-40 degrees, mostly 25 degrees). The plan is to be able to plant rows of shrubs along the contour of the land and watering them.
Initially, we...
Anybody have experience with Flex MSE for retaining wall
http://www.flexmse.com
How was it compared to conventional rockery wall in term of durability, cost and ease of implementing?
Thanks!
I have a project that involves putting a big skylight (16'x26', dead load 12psf) over a 2 stories atrium. The surrounding roof will be clay tile. The skylight will be supported by a frame. We hope to design a frame that would be used to support the second floor balcony as well. There are several...
We are brainstorming for the client project. The lot has limited buildable land with a big hill in the back. The client wants to explore the option of cutting down the back hill which resulting in 20-25 ft wall.
One option is building the house with the 20ft concrete back wall flush against the...
Most of the projects I have seen use both soil nailing with shotcrete retaining wall to stabilize a slope.
I do rarely seen shotcrete spraying onto the slope alone. In what case does shotcrete alone adequate for slope stabilization?
