This Old House landscaping contractor Roger Cook shows how to construct a wood-timber retaining wall to create a play area. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Build a Timber Retaining Wall:
- 1x3 wood stakes [[ Ссылка ]] and nylon string [[ Ссылка ]], used to establish layout lines for timbers
- 6x8-inch pressure-treated landscaping timbers [[ Ссылка ]], used to build retaining wall
- wood preservative [[ Ссылка ]], to treat cut ends of timbers
- 3/4-inch stone [[ Ссылка ]], used as base and drainage material
- landscaping filter fabric [[ Ссылка ]], used to prevent soil from clogging drainpipe
- 4-inch-diameter perforated drainage pipe [[ Ссылка ]], for draining water away from retaining wall
- 1/2-inch-diameter (No. 4) x 4-foot-long metal reinforcing bar [[ Ссылка ]], used to stake timbers and dead men to ground
- 12-inch landscaping screws [[ Ссылка ]], for fastening together the landscaping timbers
- bark mulch [[ Ссылка ]], used to cover the ground in front of the retaining wall
Tools for How to Build a Timber Retaining Wall:
- hand tamper [[ Ссылка ]], used to compact the soil and stone base
- wheelbarrow [[ Ссылка ]], used to transport stone and mulch to jobsite
- shovel [[ Ссылка ]], for excavating the ground
- circular saw [[ Ссылка ]], used to cut timbers
- impact driver [[ Ссылка ]], used to drive landscaping screws into timbers
- drill/driver [[ Ссылка ]] with 9/16-inch-diameter spade bit [[ Ссылка ]], used to bore holes in timbers for rebar stakes
- sledgehammer [[ Ссылка ]], used to drive in rebar and wood stakes
- 6-foot level [[ Ссылка ]]
- torpedo level [[ Ссылка ]]
- foam paint brush [[ Ссылка ]]
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