GrantJ

I am currently in the process of landscaping the garden and a complete newbie to this all. The garden requires a retaining wall and I wanted to check my plans for it. REQUIREMENT : 1m high retaining wall to hold back a slopped garden DESIGN : The wall will be built to start at the garage wall, 1m out parallel with the house then 1m away from the house forming an L shape FOOTINGS : Trench 40cm wide by 40cm deep CONSTRUCTION : Plan to fill the trench with concrete at 20cm deep, full width (40cm) with rebar places throughout. Using 7N solid concrete blocks (100mm) laid on their side throughout giving 1 1/2 blocks under the ground level. I plan to place shingle against the wall, all the way up, wrapped in a fabric waterproof membrane before back filling with the earth from the excavation FINISH : I will be rendering the wall after it's all done My question is will this be sufficient footings and a decent structure to retain the garden. Also when back filling with the excavation earth will it will be strong enough to support a mini digger push it back in place and compacting it? Thanks in advance IMG_0225.jpg