Build your own retaining walls - with a little help from Mitre 10.
Retaining walls are most useful on a sloping block as a means of terracing or levelling sections of land, or when used as a garden surround. With the help of our step-by-step guide, you can build your own retaining walls in no time.

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To get everything you need, select the items from the list below and and print or contact your Local Store.

Everything you need

Product Checklist

		Treated pine sleepers, posts spaced at 1800mm max. & rails to span 1800mm
		Red gum sleepers, posts spaced at 2400mm max. & rails to span 2400mm
		12mm diameter galvanized coach bolts, washers & nuts (length to suit combined width of post and rail)
		Bags of concrete mix
		Weed mat
		Agricultural (ag.) drainage pipe
		Screenings ("quarter minus", trade term)
		Back-fill material
		25mm gal. clouts
		Crushed rock base material
		Retaining wall blocks
		Agricultural (ag.) drainage pipe
		Back-fill material
		12mm coach bolts as required
		12mm drill bit

Tools for the Job

	Shovel
	Crow bar
	Wheel barrow
	Power drill & drill bits
	String line
	Spirit level
	Shifting spanner
	Saw
	Cold chisel
	Mash hammer
	Rubber mallet
	Hire a mechanical plate compactor

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