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Building A Retaining Wall Using Steel H-Posts - Lynden - 07-09-2017
I'm researching options for a retaining wall. The wall will be 3 to 4 feet high and about 150 feet long. One option I'm considering is the SureWall System which uses steel H-posts and wood sleepers. Does anyone have any experience with SureWall retaining walls? The websites I'm finding show the posts are available in Australia and New Zealand, but I haven't found any sources in the USA. I have a local source for pressure-treated sleepers rated for ground contact.
http://www.cirtex.co.nz/product/surewall-retaining-wall-system/
RE: Building A Retaining Wall Using Steel H-Posts - Robert Adams - 07-11-2017
Here are similar systems for concrete barriers in commercial applications here. You could just buy I beam the size you need. It would be much stronger than the sheetmetal they use.
I like it but personally i wouldnt use wood for a barrier like that.
As for aussie stuff i really like their system for gutters and facia. Its very well engineered. Makes what we have here in the us look like tinker toys.
RE: Building A Retaining Wall Using Steel H-Posts - Goatman - 07-12-2017
Look into a gravity wall.
RE: Building A Retaining Wall Using Steel H-Posts - Lynden - 07-15-2017
Thanks for your comments. I got an email reply from New Zealand re: SureWall. The metal posts are not available in the United States. I'm still researching the options, including the many different types of gravity walls.
RE: Building A Retaining Wall Using Steel H-Posts - fishhh4 - 07-16-2017
Those galvanized posts they use for guide rail would work . 4 foot high might be a stretch . Look into who makes them .
Contact your local guide rail company . Some they replace come out in nice shape . They could pound them in for you as well .
they sell them