Neighbours tree roots starting to push new wall

TELLIT01

Weeg, do you also get your knickers in a twist at 'fridge which actually originated from Frigidaire rather than a shortening of refrigerator?  They are all generic terms and most people understand what is meant by them even if they don't know the origin.

stuart45

Names last for years on site. The slab was called the oversite for a long time, all AAC blocks are often called thermalites, foundations are footings, cross joints are called perps. My wife still calls our RCB an RSJ.

Rosa_Damascena

weeg said:

Sounds like your wall wasn't strong enough. Who designed it? a tree can't grow enough in 6 months to push over a properly designed retaining wall. (Especially if those are winter months).

I'm also not sure why you think your alterations should mean you get to cut down someone else's tree? So my advice to you is to get the wall rebuilt, properly this time. Sorry, I know that sounds snarky.

If its not a stupid question: how is a wall re-built properly in the same site if the tree isn't going anywhere?

stuart45

The design of a retaining wall depends on a number of factors such as the soil type, climate, height of wall etc. Chalk for example is normally less of a problem than clay. Water pressure is one of the main problems.
It's usually better to over engineer a retaining wall and spend a bit more than have it fail and then have to rebuild.

bris

Maybe the trees thinking "hey I was here first, who the hell is building a wall in my way"

weeg

Rosa_Damascena said:

weeg said:

Sounds like your wall wasn't strong enough. Who designed it? a tree can't grow enough in 6 months to push over a properly designed retaining wall. (Especially if those are winter months).

I'm also not sure why you think your alterations should mean you get to cut down someone else's tree? So my advice to you is to get the wall rebuilt, properly this time. Sorry, I know that sounds snarky.

If its not a stupid question: how is a wall re-built properly in the same site if the tree isn't going anywhere?

Because the tree wasn't the problem in the first place. It's not ideal, but a tree and a wall can peacefully coexist, so long as the tree has enough space for it's root ball, and the wall is sufficiently strong/ massive.