Railway ties retaining wall

Retaining Wall From Railway Ties: My back yard has a slope down towards the house and during the monsoon water often sits against the side of the house and seeps underneath. To fix that, and to create a couple of flat areas and a garden, I decided to put up a couple of r…

How to Build a Railroad Tie Retaining Wall: If you have a slope that is need of a retaining wall and have access to railroad ties, this is the perfect project for you! We'll be showing you how we made a railroad tie retaining wall in between two of our shops. We had 18 inches of a hill that n…

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Retaining Wall From Railway Ties: My back yard has a slope down towards the house and during the monsoon water often sits against the side of the house and seeps underneath. To fix that, and to create a couple of flat areas and a garden, I decided to put up a couple of r…

Take some railroad ties, rebar and gravel, and you got all the materials for building a simple retaining wall. Just like what these guys did. [LEARN MORE]

Some of the ties are buried back into the dirt pile, called deadmen. The yard needed a gravel pad so we can eventually build a shop/garage. My husband built a retaining wall from railroad ties. Very hard work.

Retaining walls are a necessity in the mountains, where little flat land exists. Two of the main types of retaining walls are made of wood or cement blocks. Both materials have their pros and cons, so which one would be best for your landscape? The first question to ask is whether or not the wall […]