Howdee you all;
I have two tire retaining walls about 90′ long. One goes about 4′ to about 16′ high. The other a bit less. These walls lead down to my below grade garage. Each tire tier is 3″ set back from the one below so that the dirt filled tires lean back on the earth that they are retaining. These walls have held up well. I’m writing for some advice on covering them up for a better appearance. I’m thinking maybe stucco or pressure treated lumber. My concern is anchorage and (in the case of stucco) cracking from possible seasonal movement of the tires. I would appreciate any ideas. Thanks much; J. Kaye
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shotcrete
Thanks Nigel. My concern with shotcrete as with stucco is how to anchor to the tires AND possible cracking from movement. Joekaye.
Armor All
I was goonna say Whitewalls
Why not NO HUNTING?
soil nails with reinforcing mesh attached to face
Thanks once again Nigel.
I have little experience with retaining walls, and none with tires being used, but my first thought would be to consider some sort of vining ground cover. Start from top and bottom and let them meet in the middle. If that did not provide enough coverage , MAYBE you could make some small holes to start some in the middle of the wall. Just a thought!! I suspect that temperature changes make that wall move way to much for stucco, but wood should be okay, maybe screw siding on tires directly and leave it sloped. Have fun
Thanks handydan. Actually, if I do nothing ,all sorts of vegetative ground cover take over. Eventually the wall will be completely covered. It looks good and it would be fine except it's close to the house. With the vegetation comes carpenter bees that mine out the underlying fill plus their general stinging hazard. They attract salamanders and frogs and mice. This would be great away from the house. As a matter of fact, this is what the highway departments should use on the interstates where they retain walls. And this is also why I want to cover these tires. At least yearly I have to clear all of this out otherwise the roots get SO involved that I can't. But thanks again for getting up so early to respond. Joekaye