We recommend 3 4 crushed gravel.
Pea gravel retaining wall.
Fill the prepared trench with a 6 base off granular fill.
The wall gets its strength from a sturdy base consisting of gravel.
The various sized crushed gravel with the fines helps ensures for appropriate compaction.
Always start wall at lowest elevation working to highest.
We have put up an above ground pool.
If your landscape includes a bordered planting bed or a retaining wall you may be able to use it as part of the perimeter of your patio.
Round rocks such as pea gravel rolls and dislodge under pressure resulting in failure of the retaining wall.
If grade changes along base of the wall create a stepped leveling pad as required.
A wall that leans into the soil it retains is less likely to be pushed outward by soil pressure than a plain old vertical wall.
Pea gravel is easier and more economical to install than other patio materials.
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Pea gravel is a common landscaping material because it is easy to with and cheap.
And we have a need for a retaining wall my husband wants to fill with pea gravel and told us that should hold the wall back.
The pea gravel would be about 3 foot against the pool on just one side.
Design and build your retaining wall to slope at a minimum rate of.
Literally the size of green peas this gravel is self compacting meaning it presses together to form a nearly solid mass.
Do not use pea gravel.
It can also be used for structural applications when combined with other materials such as portland cement and quikrete all purpose sand for making concrete.
When building a retaining wall or garden border or setting fence posts backfilling with pea gravel instead of.
A retaining wall must have the strength to hold back the weight of the soil plants and sometimes small structures behind it.
The base material should only consist of angular sharp edged particles such as minus gravel.
A much thicker wall and pea gravel fill between the soil and the wall would have prevented the failure.
This product has been washed and properly graded for consistency.