Retainer Wall For Lakefront Home

[@alacare.com Scott M. Williams]

I'm looking for the best materials (or especially a kit) for building a
retainer wall for a lakefront home. We currently have a retainer wall made
of concrete block, but the lake is washing out the footing and the wall will
soon be destroyed.

The problem is the water line is pretty steady at just the wrong level to
work in beneath the wall. It doesn't help to move the wall further back,
because this natural spring fed lake is in a shallow basin it tends to
spread out as you move the wall.

Our neighbor built one with wood by driving 2 X 10 pressure treated wood
vertically into the sand about 18 inches side by side for about 80 feet.
This was very laborious, but is more effective than our concrete wall.

I was hoping that someone might know of a kit or another material that would
be less laborious, but more effective than our concrete wall.

If you have any suggestions, or know of any materials or products I should
investigate, please e-mail me at

mailto:sco...@alacare.com

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[EDWARD L.ANDERSON]

Scott M. Williams > wrote in message <7i9f0m$fuk$2...@remarQ.com>...

>Reply to Scott

Your pressure treated timber is about the best you are going to find on the
market. Although it may be costly and labor extensive, it is long lasting.
I do not know of any kit available on the market for a quick and easy and
cheap fix. I've been in the industry for over three decades and have always
found it is better to take pains than short cut. It is cheaper in the long
run.

[Vito]

try useing bubble gum

[Alan Sloan]

Sounds like you have a wall already which needs underpinning. The problem
is excavation underwater, and getting an underwater grade of concrete ( I
beleive they do exist ) You could use a shuttering for a concrete pour as a
coffer dam, then pull it out and use it again somewhere else.

Timber planks would be less labourious than this option, though, wouldn't
it? I do wonder about the effect of the preservatives on the lake water
though.

.

[Charles Note]

VersoLock block is designed to withstand water. Have seen it build along
flood control rivers where the water durring the wet season has the wall two
thirds under.

Have build many of these walls. Just remember to hire someone who is
certified to do such a task. There is much prep work involved.

Vito <val...@erols.com> wrote in message
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> try useing bubble gum