[Cob] Building retaining walls

[joe r dupont]

the use tires for retaining walls.. big time. i imagine they drive in
some rebar too.
but if you slant it back into the hill you can get some good results.
just remember that hills creep down...hill.

joseph
 
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:33:08 -0700 (PDT) Wilderness Voice
<thewildernessvoice at yahoo.com> writes:
> Just wondering if anyone has a good ideas for building retaining 
> walls.
> Back in the day we used to use used railroad ties with deadman to 
> build retaining walls, but for ecological reasons that is not 
> acceptable to me even if I could get RR ties which I can't.
> I have thought about trying to get tires and use rebar and packed 
> dirt, but wonder if they will hold  a hill?
> Anyway, I figure you smart people may have some resource.
> I have purchased my little 2 acre piece of forrested heaven and am 
> now seeking to clear a little of it to build a cob house, but 
> finding it difficult to find good info on drainage and retaining 
> walls
> thanks
> 
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