One of the most common and telling failures of retaining walls is the inevitable tilting cracking and bowing of brick timber and concrete block retaining walls built by homeowners well meaning builders and landscapers.
Pouring concrete walls before and after.
Once cured the concrete provides a secure and stable foundation for the home that will be built above.
After the wall is sized each wall member is checked for adequate strength and steel reinforcing is determined.
The spacing between the stakes will depend on how thick your retaining wall will be and the thickness of the wooden planks used as the forms.
To do this you ll need to drive stakes into the ground where you dug the footings.
Poured concrete foundations are an alternative to block or treated wood foundations.
Available from diy stores and ready mix concrete companies these contain soluble emulsions that form a protective film when sprayed directly onto the surface of newly poured concrete slabs or walls.
The process involves building a form to hold the concrete in place installing reinforcing rods and then pouring the concrete.