How do I install a low retaining wall?
I have landscape timbers along my driveway as a low retaining wall. I would like to remove the rotting timbers and replace them with landscape blocks, probably two high. I'm not sure how to do it. Please help!!!
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Check out videos on you tube or the block manufacturer website for ideas. If you are in an area where the ground freezes, you may need to construct a base below the frost line to prevent heaving.
Proper drainage behind the wall is essential to keep it from pushing forward and falling down . Also ,as mentioned , do your homework about walls in locations where frost is an issue .
some landscape blocks have little 'knobs' on one side, and divots on the other where they 'lock' together ... above info is good about drainage and freeze line ...