Hi PEinc,
Thank you for responding to my thread. What I meant if I wanted to go 8' tall wall from the top of the footing to the top of the wall is still structural acceptable? My calculation on the spreadsheet said I need to backfill the low side at least 4' to not having the wall overturn if...
I agreed with JoshPlum that my cartoon isn't the best but do you need additional info? However, reading the threads do help broaden my view on how engineer community think about it. I find it more beneficial to have more input than just one but in reality not all designs are bullet proof...
I'm attaching a sketch for better visualization. All the highlighted pink will be 8ft tall walls and in front of that will be filled with dirt to level it out. Currently, the lot is sloped down about 8% toward the back of the house and this required me to raise the front of the foundation...
Attached is the spreadsheet. https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=573dfba4-585e-4fc6-9930-863458baae7e&file=Cantilever_Retaining_Wall_Revised.xls
That's weird that my attached PDF didn't work. Would you please take a look at the PDF again? The slab remains at 7ft from top of footing to top of slab but the wall/stem is now 8ft tall. I found this spreadsheet online that calculated retaining wall detail and was just curious on how the...
Hello engineers,
It just happened that I stumbled into this forum and I need help with a retaining wall detail. I am trying to build a house and the structure engineer gave me a detail for a retaining wall around the garage and front of the house due to a sloped downward lot. The initial...
