Beginner Gardening: Retaining Wall Advice, 1 by peaceone

peaceone wrote:
Diana_K - Thank you very much for your replies, you seem to be thinking about this and the solutions in a similar fashion to me (coming up with a solution, examining it's merits and then also proposing another to see how it stacks up!)

I can't extend the posts up to double as fence posts as these have already been ordered + as you mention it would look a bit out of place, these massive posts for a small fence.

"If there is any way of holding the fence back at least 2 meters from the wall that would remove that part of the stress from the system." I am not sure what you mean by this?

I have come up with the same solution you proposed regarding attaching a square post to the post #2 which the boards from the second wall can attach to - see my drawing attached to see if this is what you had in mind. I am thinking a piece of wood treated to ground contact, approx size 200x75 (8x3?) 1.4m high. Attached through the tan boards and through post #2 with m16 coach bolts 350mm length, spaced every every 30cm or so?

WeeNel - I would very much love a stone wall - we have quite a lot of volcanic rock in my city so there are a few stone masons which operate - however it is pretty much the most expensive option for building a wall. - I have tried to look into this as an option for the front of our property but costs really are astronomical - I am still weighing up to tackle the job myself - but might need to hire a stone mason to do the foundation and start off the first couple levels and I go from there - we'll see.