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Posted by Alan on March 5, 2007, 12:00 pm
My property is at a dead-end, and people always bump into my brick
wall when turning around. During the last few years, the problem
seems to have gotten worse, and both sides of the entrance to my
property are severely cracked and need demolition. But, how do I
reconstruct the wall so that when an SUV backs into the wall, the SUV
and not my wall will be damaged? How much rebar, cinder block,
concrete, depth of footing, etc?
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Posted by RicodJour on March 5, 2007, 12:23 pm
Alan wrote:
> My property is at a dead-end, and people always bump into my brick
> wall when turning around. During the last few years, the problem
> seems to have gotten worse, and both sides of the entrance to my
> property are severely cracked and need demolition. But, how do I
> reconstruct the wall so that when an SUV backs into the wall, the SUV
> and not my wall will be damaged? How much rebar, cinder block,
> concrete, depth of footing, etc?
Can you install some steel posts, build a barricade in front of the
wall, instead of allowing the vehicles to hit the wall in the first
place?
R
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Posted by Notan on March 5, 2007, 1:16 pm
RicodJour wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>> My property is at a dead-end, and people always bump into my brick
>> wall when turning around. During the last few years, the problem
>> seems to have gotten worse, and both sides of the entrance to my
>> property are severely cracked and need demolition. But, how do I
>> reconstruct the wall so that when an SUV backs into the wall, the SUV
>> and not my wall will be damaged? How much rebar, cinder block,
>> concrete, depth of footing, etc?
>
> Can you install some steel posts, build a barricade in front of the
> wall, instead of allowing the vehicles to hit the wall in the first
> place?
Lots of stuff out there.
Have a look at http://tinyurl.com/22na3x.
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Notan
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Posted by longshot on March 5, 2007, 1:24 pm
the company I work for has built many barricades to prevent forklifts from
hitting equipment. we simply bury a 6" schedule 80 pipe 3 feet below grade &
pour concrete around it & inside it
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Posted by Matt Whiting on March 5, 2007, 9:59 pm
RicodJour wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>> My property is at a dead-end, and people always bump into my brick
>> wall when turning around. During the last few years, the problem
>> seems to have gotten worse, and both sides of the entrance to my
>> property are severely cracked and need demolition. But, how do I
>> reconstruct the wall so that when an SUV backs into the wall, the SUV
>> and not my wall will be damaged? How much rebar, cinder block,
>> concrete, depth of footing, etc?
>
> Can you install some steel posts, build a barricade in front of the
> wall, instead of allowing the vehicles to hit the wall in the first
> place?
Yes, most gas stations around here use well casing buried 6' in the
ground and then filled with concrete. I suppose an SUV might be able to
get through that, but they would have a significant "reminder" of their
error emblazoned in their bumper!
Matt
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