This configuration applies minimal overturning forces to the back of the wall.
Building a fence on a stone retaining wall.
If you want your fence placed closer to the wall at more than 3 feet you will need the help of a professional to do the design and ensure that the top of your wall can resist the forces from the fence.
It is common to install a fence behind the retaining wall block.
The design can utilize the resistance from the soil mass between the wall and post footing to reduce the forces from the fence.
Placing the fence or railing a minimum of 3 feet 0 9 m or further behind the wall is the preferred lo cation.
I am thinking of using the blocks that have holes that can be filled w.
The wall would be about 3 feet high.
This is how to put up a fence above a wall.
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Installing your fence post on top of the wall block is the most challenging of the three.
Top of the wall block.
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I live in a townhouse and my handkerchief sized patio area can be enlarged by about 2 5 feet if i remove the current sloping stone retaining wall and replace it with a straight retaining wall.
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In some cases where only a small amount of retaining is required as in 200 400mm the fence can be built directly on top of the wall with the fence posts passing through the walling blocks and concreted into the ground as normal.
I am building the fence from scratch i am using c24 sawn treated graded regularised timber 5x2 47x125mm 6.