How to Build a Retaining Wall | Mitre 10 Easy As DIY

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5 жыл бұрын

Building a retaining wall can help you create a usable space in your garden. It can help you level up an area in your yard or protect against erosion. Building one isn't hard and if done right, it'll last for ages. See how to get it done with Mitre 10.
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@Smitty19966 Жыл бұрын

This is a genuinely good tutorial. Hard to come by these, deserves more praise.

@vtrandal 9 ай бұрын

I am grateful for hardworking people that take the time to share their experience with home and property maintenance.

@mitre10nz 9 ай бұрын

We're so stoked to hear this Vincent! Have you got any projects on the go right now?

@danmorgan4608 3 ай бұрын

Stan shops at my local Mitre10, but I was too star struck to talk to him when I saw him there... 😅Instead, I told his wife/partner what an absolute legend he was! I've already done a couple of projects after watching his videos, I've learned new ways to use some of my tools, and I know this one is going to be a godsend on my retaining wall project. Love your work!

@jpdenford1473 Ай бұрын

The man’s a national treasure

@nevadasmith100 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video and presentation, Professional and clean jobsite. One of the best videos I have seen yet and I am a General Contractor. Good job cobber.

@alexshmalex 3 жыл бұрын

Boys down under making it all look easy! Cheers for the tips, I'll be doing my best to recreate this in the UK with equivalent materials.

@mitre10nz 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work, let us know how you get on ^Charlie

@flowergrowersmith449 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, as usual. Yours are the best.

@donjohns4878 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff mate. Much appreciated from the Adelaide hills. Like your concept.

@ajaykumartargotra2768 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, your educational videos are very easy to understand the tasks and step by step guidelines, I am building soon my retaining wall I am fully confident now after watching this video, great work..keep it up, if possible can you please create content on decking on concrete slabs backside of home?...many thanks

@mitre10nz 3 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear our videos helped Ajay, good luck for your upcoming project! I'll be sure to pass your suggestion onto the team for you ^Cam

@JonnyDIY 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work 💕👍

@ralphy9215 Жыл бұрын

True professional thanks for the useful hints

@ninjamarky 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video!

@petergaleno1589 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. Very clear and helpful. Like all your tutorials

@mitre10nz 3 ай бұрын

Cheers! ^Matt

@leonel1717 3 жыл бұрын

I love this guy!

@OilBaron100 2 жыл бұрын

That video is pretty helpful. My retaining wall is leaning over. I’m gonna put some drainage behind it just like in your video.

@mitre10nz 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Let us know how you get on, and feel free to flick us a DM if you have any questions during the process at all 👍 ^Billie

@GeoffYates Жыл бұрын

Well done! Wish I had the skills to confidently do this!

@jasonbennett7002 Жыл бұрын

Confidence comes through doing. Do the reading, watch the vids, talk with people who know how to do stuff, go slow, learn from your mistakes.

@MrYourDry 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, great advice boys!

@scottmcleod1470 8 ай бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you

@venkataprasadkola316 4 жыл бұрын

awesome explanations

@cassidmst 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this video

@AridersLifeYT 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks

@mitre10nz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the support! ^Cam

@thebestseminole 4 жыл бұрын

This was really helpful, thank you!

@mitre10nz 4 жыл бұрын

Not a problem, glad it was helpful 😊 ^Charlie

@thebestseminole 4 жыл бұрын

@@mitre10nz I have a picture if y'all want to see, just not sure how to post it. Going to pour concrete tomorrow

@MegaSureshock 5 жыл бұрын

Wait, I've seen this same video before. Is it a re upload?

@citticat2 4 жыл бұрын

What happen to the Geo textile fabric around the PVS pipping?

@seanfinn107 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly how i would have done it but i would have used alot more swearing and beer. The empty bottles go behind the wall, [its called drainage]. Is there a video on how to install that green plastic meshing as a fence? I need some privacy when i walk around naked in my backyard.

@mitre10nz 4 жыл бұрын

Not at this stage but that's some great feedback for the team Sean, cheers ^Charlie

@MohamediiNo 5 жыл бұрын

Nice Bro 🇲🇦✌

@danielburke9881 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job. Cheers kiwi

@mitre10nz 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel 👍

@billroks313 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet as bro

@mickydub3 4 жыл бұрын

" TOP CLASS " VID CHEERS

@pdrewrodriguez5796 4 жыл бұрын

Very good tutorial.

@mitre10nz 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you ^Charlie

@saintyt309 5 жыл бұрын

can you do carpet laying video?

@deldridg 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm - we don't have any boundary pigs (1:07). Cheers and thanks for the vid from across the 'detch'. ;-)

@778Ash 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Just one question: How deep should the post holes be?

@mitre10nz 4 жыл бұрын

As a rule of thumb, your hole should be as deep as your wall is high 👍

@lancemillward1912 3 жыл бұрын

should have used metalex on those raked cuts you made on the retaining wall boards

@TrashyTrish 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@user-rp2rt6pq6f 4 жыл бұрын

Can we put the posts at the back instead and get the nice looking flat face to the front?

@timaustin917 4 жыл бұрын

No, they are structural

@SecAware 9 ай бұрын

The soil presses the boards into the posts, which are firmly fixed in the ground. If the boards are on the front, the soil will eventually push them off the posts ... but for appearances, you can always add another (non-structural) layer on the front, either thinner boards or exterior-grade plywood, forming a cavity wall. @@timaustin917

@banker9player9 5 жыл бұрын

I would not place drainage coil on 100mm of Scoria rather lay the coil on the clay with a 1 percent fall then Scoria or drainage metal on top, that way the drainage will actually carry the water away through the coil.

@Turbocorksta 4 жыл бұрын

yup, also I would have used some geo fabric and being picky weathered the back of the wall swell

@citticat2 4 жыл бұрын

@@Turbocorksta I heard not to use geo fabric because the water and mud collect behind the wall, cause pressure, and causes the wall to bow.

@gala86 Жыл бұрын

Should the section of the post embedded in the concrete be painted with any sort of protective coating?

@mitre10nz Жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, we'd suggest checking in with the team at your local store to see what they'd recommend for your area and your particular project ^Matt

@wisedesi442 Жыл бұрын

I might have missed the link provided in description but to confirm are post at 1.2 meter center?

@mitre10nz Жыл бұрын

Hey there, yes Stan has done 1.2m centres for the post holes 🙂 ^Meg

@chaoyangnz Жыл бұрын

I am wondering the post is fixed using cement, next time when you replace the post, how do you pull the post out?

@mitre10nz Жыл бұрын

Hi There, you can pry it out. You can do this with a long lever or a car jack. In either case, nail some wood to the post first to pry against and then get to work. Pry until the post releases from the concrete and comes all the way out. ^Ryan

@Abu_Azeez Жыл бұрын

Looks so easy till you try it 🤠

@mitre10nz Жыл бұрын

Take it step by step, and remember you can always refer back to the video or have a chat to your local Mitre 10 team for advice ^Matt

@ryandecarlo 2 жыл бұрын

His outfit is so Australian lol Thanks for the video!

@daddybear8849 Жыл бұрын

He's not Australian tho

@jonq8714 4 жыл бұрын

What post spacing did you use?

@mitre10nz 4 жыл бұрын

These are 1.2m apart ^Charlie

@jamesma2287 4 жыл бұрын

1.2m centre to centre

@sonnelighting3565 Жыл бұрын

Maaan he's good.

@mitre10nz Жыл бұрын

Pretty slick, right? 😎🔨 ^Billie

@ezraez2297 3 жыл бұрын

The Mitre 10 instructions on PDF and video omit how far apart the post holes should be. Placemakers suggest 1.2 M apart and ITM suggest 1.3 M apart

@andrewp4661 2 жыл бұрын

and I would do 0.9 - 1m

@jessceable 4 жыл бұрын

How do we lean the post to 10 degrees?

@mitre10nz 4 жыл бұрын

You lean the post 100mm per 1m 😊 So if your posts were 1500mm you would lean your posts 150mm.

@jessceable 4 жыл бұрын

@@mitre10nz thanks, I didn't know it was that simple lol

@jessceable 4 жыл бұрын

@@ericcyc1 I'm not from New Zealand so the building code doesn't matter

@kasparthacker 4 жыл бұрын

So many experts in the comments lol why did you look this up if you know already

@user-rp2rt6pq6f 4 жыл бұрын

The council will never say yes to anything you to do unless you pay them thousands of dollars

@thomasnunn6343 5 жыл бұрын

I’m sending this to Trump for review.

@davidb9025 Жыл бұрын

Trump 👍🏽

@jamesandrews1130 Жыл бұрын

Well he's been right about everything else.

@spearageddon3279 Жыл бұрын

Trump 2024 or bust. 🇺🇸

@Gio-qt8kj 4 жыл бұрын

ma si , un bel getto di cemento direttamente sul legno , cosi in meno di 5 anni marcisce Bastava riempire le pbuche di sabbia e ciotoli e si otteneva stesso risultato , con un affetto drenante , permettendo al legno di non marcire...

@TheShoop137 4 жыл бұрын

Yankee here. Millimeters make me blood red mad! 🍻

@stephenlee5497 4 жыл бұрын

lol yeah imperial sooo much easier....

@steelcucumber5708 4 жыл бұрын

I millimetre is 6 yankee doodle marzipans.

@jbkstafford 3 жыл бұрын

US good company with Liberia and Myanmar as only fully imperial countries. Change will come.

@barneyatkinson-saul9881 3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, you'll join the rest of the civilised world one day. ;)

@lucielou7745 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah.. easy! Hahaha

@darrellhollings2028 2 ай бұрын

is this expensive

@mitre10nz 2 ай бұрын

Hey mate, check out the full guide here: www.mitre10.co.nz/guides-and-advice/guide/how-to-build-a-timber-retaining-wall and have a chat to the team in store at your local - they'll be able to help you cost that out.

@Famous5s 5 жыл бұрын

'Easy as'.

@milcotto4153 5 жыл бұрын

It looks nice and all that, but the lumber will rot where it meets the soil. An old neighbor with a big, beautifull garden told me that. I would have used brackets in the concrete with solid screws or bolts so that I could remove the post and put in new ones when they start to rot. The lumber will not rot under ground, it will not rot above ground, but it will rot in the transition between the soil and 'the air'. Eventually it will also rot both under ground and above ground, but that will take much longer time. To protect the concrete you could also have poured it into plastic sewage pipes or something similar with the right dimension.

@frankthetank9979 5 жыл бұрын

the lumber is so massive, it will take long over 10 years for them to rot away.

@banker9player9 5 жыл бұрын

The timber is h4 it has been treated with chemicals so it will not rot.

@michaelmyers1548 5 жыл бұрын

It took my grandparents 50+ years to rot, ain't no lies

@benwhittingham2525 5 жыл бұрын

Are you okay Annie?

@citticat2 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmyers1548Old wood is much better and will hold up much longer . This pressure treated crap won't last worth beans.

@gigante87 3 жыл бұрын

Did he really just say "easy as" at the end of all this!!

@carymartz8762 2 жыл бұрын

Need to win the lotto before you can buy cedar in 2022.

@2ntnun 2 ай бұрын

Nah its the redbands for me

@mitre10nz 2 ай бұрын

Can't beat a classic!

@2ntnun 2 ай бұрын

@@mitre10nz facts bo!

@Jpgundarun 4 жыл бұрын

Safety barrier, council regulations, engineering, drainage, boundaries, Fk it its too complicated.

@hotthat69 4 жыл бұрын

Jpgundarun I thought the same thing

@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073 3 жыл бұрын

Just skip most of them and you will be fine.

@ChatGPTeeh 4 жыл бұрын

Too hard..check this check that....im buying a pot..

@zeckham100 3 жыл бұрын

Why can’t you pronounce the word important?

@clement6574 6 ай бұрын

Won't the rain rots the post at the concret junction ?