Backfill and compact the soil to 95 standard proctor.
Retaining wall geo grid.
Installed in layers between wall courses and extending into the soil behind a wall geogrid stabilizes the soil and so extends the retaining capacity of the wall.
Repeat process until retaining wall is completed.
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Eliminate any folds or looseness in the geogrid by pulling tight and staking at the back.
It is manufactured using select grades of high density polyethylene hdpe resins that resist elongation or creep when subjected to high loads for long periods of time.
When you use geogrid with a retaining wall the mass of the blocks and the additional mass of the reinforced soil helps to withstand the pressures behind the wall.
The geogrid holds the soil in place to allow the retaining wall to function.
The geogrid acts as a tie back to resist the outward movement of the retained soil.
Stratagrid can also be used to reinforce permanent retaining walls that are faced using segmental retaining wall concrete blocks.
Geogrid is an open mesh grid structure that is placed in horizontal layers to reinforce retaining walls.
By increasing the length of geogrid in the wall you increase the mass of the structure and.
Retaining wall geogrid srw geogrid is composed of high molecular weight high tenacity multi filament polyester yarns that are woven into a stable network placed under tension and coated with pvc.
Earthlock retaining wall geogrid with tensar ux technology is designed to easily and efficiently reinforce soil slopes rss and segmental block retaining walls srws.
When is geogrid needed in a retaining wall.
This combined mass is what allows very tall walls to be built when using geogrid.
Always backfill and compact one course of block at a time.
Adding geogrid to a retaining wall recruits the retained soils as helpers in retention essentially making the retaining wall far more massive than the weight of the block or stone alone.
Geogrid is a geosynthetic material commonly made of one or more polymers that is used to reinforce soil behind retaining walls.
Keep an adequate cushion of soil between the geogrid and equipment.
Our system of geogrid and welded wire form provide long term stability.