Retaining Wall for basement.
Retaining Wall for basement.
(OP)
I plan to build a 5 foot high retaining to be used as a partial wall for a basement. The plan is to pour against the earth for one side of the wall. The UBC calls for dampproofing of the wall from the earth side, even though the earth is dry as a bone and rain cannot get to this face. The earth is sandy and I will put a drain pipe at the exterior base of the wall. Does anyone know of a system to do this? If necessary I coud use a plywood form on the earth side and leave it in place after the wall is poured.






RE: Retaining Wall for basement.
RE: Retaining Wall for basement.
RE: Retaining Wall for basement.
RE: Retaining Wall for basement.
RE: Retaining Wall for basement.
RE: Retaining Wall for basement.
RE: Retaining Wall for basement.
The system I have come up with is as follows.
Place a rigid polystyrene board with bituthane applied to one side (concrete) and WR Grace Hydroduct 660 on the other. Pour concret against the bituthane. This is killing a flea with a cannon but if it allows me to complete the project, it will be wort it. I only have about 12 lineal feet to do.
RE: Retaining Wall for basement.
Also we used 50MPa concrete on the base slab and precast walls with a full depth epoxy waterproofing system. So the net effect of a wet surface (on the soil side) was well within the requirements for marine structures.
Sometimes codes can be worked around providing common sense is used.
regards
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RE: Retaining Wall for basement.
RE: Retaining Wall for basement.