This wall was built with the tan colour, rock face block from Sholin. Sholin manufactures these blocks in Knysna, South Africa.
The home, for owners Mr & Mrs Leary, was constructed by SGB Construction ( Steve Brown ), a local company from Plettenberg Bay.
The founding depth of this wall was 500mm below the finished driveway level. No concrete foundation were cast, but a 250mm deep, stabilised, well compacted SSG footing was used instead.
A subsoil drain was installed behind the wall to prevent ground water from seeping through the blocks and staining the paving blocks in the process.
The blocks were filled with hand tamped topsoil. All the back fill were compacted in layers not exceeding 160mm by rammer.
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