Reinforced Concrete Blocks For Retaining Walls

Our concrete block retaining walls can be used to construct a range of retaining wall structures from 1 0m to 6 0m.

Reinforced concrete blocks for retaining walls.

Flexural stress comes from the pressure of the load the walls bear from the upper floors or roof of a house or from storms or seismic activity. You can reinforce a hollow concrete block wall to give it the resistance needed to withstand flexural stress. Other topics include sheet pile walls tilt up retaining walls soldier pile walls gabion. Step 1 lay your first four courses of concrete block wall.

The block wall is reinforced with steel bars both vertically and horizontally. Block cores must be filled with pea gravel concrete. Concrete stem design. Concrete block retaining walls.

Reinforced concrete block retaining walls are a convenient way of building vertical retaining walls. Poured or cast walls must have horizontal steel top and bottom. What you need measuring tape brick set small sledgehammer chalkline pencil mason s trowel level mason s blocks wheelbarrow striking tool story pole shovel. Block and concrete are strong in compression but weak in tension.

Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures hugh brooks. The shapes of our retaining wall blocks permit 90 degree corners and curves to be included in designs which gives designers more options to work with. Reinforcing steel needs to be in block walls both vertical and horizontal. Block walls can be as strong or stronger than poured walls.

The examples below are 1 0 1 5 1 8 2 4 3 0 and 4 8m high walls. How to build a house with besser blocks when hollow concrete blockwork is reinforced with steel reinforcement and filled with concrete it becomes a very strong durable external wall. The designs use a reinforced concrete raft and a kicker to give the wall greater stability for the resistance of slip overturning bearing and overall stability limit states. Concrete retaining wall blocks from shea concrete products are constructed in a collection of shapes that offer the ideal blend of function and form for your retaining wall project.

Restrained basement walls gravity walls and segmental retaining walls both gravity and with geogrids. These walls consist of an engineer designed reinforced concrete footing to anchor the wall against overturning and a wall of concrete blocks filled with a concrete grout mix. Island block paving produce four different width retaining wall blocks 140mm 190mm 240mm and 290mm. Higher walls can be constructed using geo mats to construct reinforced earth walls.

2 5 clear to strength steel 5 12 rather than the designed 5 10 bending strength of the section has been reduced by about 16. Concrete besser blocks can also be used to form retaining walls and even elevator walls in buildings up to 8 storeys. There s virtually no chance of a connection failure with the pc system because the grid wraps through the block.