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Build A Retaining Wall
via: handyman.net.au
Landscape with steps: Customise a timber retaining wall on a sloping site for stepped access that doubles as seating in a terraced garden. | Handyman Magazine | ‘The wall had to go up before the house extensions blocked access to the yard so I had to move fast,’ says Frank. ‘I found the Retain-iT system at the hardware store and liked how the galvanised posts would look with pine sleepers. I added pine capping and a set of wide steps.’ To start, establish the line of the wall, excavating 200mm behind it, then use a laser level or dumpy to set the finished height of the wall either end, setting out a stringline as a guide.