Often, when we don't have a lot of yard space, or have oddly-shaped or sloped yards, we make the best with what we do have, and have gardens that are sloping. If you have such a garden, there is a way that you can create a flat space where you can have a sitting area, so you can make even more use of your back yard. Depending on how much space you do have, there are all kinds of things you can do once you put in a Retaining Walls Nashville TN, which is a fairly easy job to do, as long as you have the right tools and materials, and are following a good set of instructions.
Here is a quick breakdown of the steps involved in building a Retaining Walls Nashville TN for your garden:
The first step is not something that you should do on your own, unless you are experienced. You need the unnecessary earth removed, which is done with an earth mover. It is best to hire an experienced earth mover operator to get rid of what you do not need; then you can get to work on the rest of the project. Once the earth has been removed, there will be a vertical wall of earth left behind, which is what you are going to build your Retaining Walls Nashville TN against (hence the word retaining, because it is retaining this wall of earth). Nashville Retaining Walls
Mark the area that is parallel to the earth wall with a string about ten inches from the base of the wall, so you have space to work. Attach the ends of the string to pegs that mark the end of the wall, making sure that it is taut.
Place marks every three feet under the string, so you know where to place the posts that will support the Retaining Walls Nashville TN.
Make the holes for the posts. The easiest way to do this is with a mechanical post-hole borer. The holes need to be very deep, as deep as the wall is high, to make sure the wall has lots of support, plus an extra few inches for gravel that goes beneath the posts. The hole should be about a foot and a half in diameter. Now you can add the gravel, about four inches worth.
Put the timber posts into the holes. Mix concrete, and pour it in around the timber posts right to the top of the holes. Make sure that the posts have an incline toward the wall. You can relax for a couple of days now, because it will take this long for the concrete to completely harden.
When the concrete is set, nail planks to the posts near the earth wall. There will be a space between the planks and the wall, which you will need to fill in with scoria gravel, up to about a foot or so below the top of the wall, followed by top soil the rest of the way to the top.