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I am thinking about leveling a section of my garden and building a wall to essentially form a rasied bed where once there was a continuous slope. It will be no taller than 2-3ft tall with some steps (made from decking steps) in the middle. I am assuming the wall will be split into 2 L-shaped sections. How deep/wide will the trench have to be? And the concrete bed?

I am also assuming that it will have to be double skinned - is this a fair assumption? Therefore should both skins be brick or can the rear be concrete block? Do the skins have to be bound together? If so how?

Many thanks,

Chris

CHRIS,

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ALDA.

HI Chris,build the wall in 9 inch brickwork and dig the footings to a minimum of 400mm deep and 500mm wide using a concrete mix of 5 to 1 ratio[quote="chrisjlye"]I am thinking about leveling a section of my garden and building a wall to essentially form a rasied bed where once there was a continuous slope. It will be no taller than 2-3ft tall with some steps (made from decking steps) in the middle. I am assuming the wall will be split into 2 L-shaped sections. How deep/wide will the trench have to be? And the concrete bed?

I am also assuming that it will have to be double skinned - is this a fair assumption? Therefore should both skins be brick or can the rear be concrete block? Do the skins have to be bound together? If so how?

Many thanks,

Chris[/quote]