CORTEN LOW GARDEN WALL HOW TO
Cor-ten-steel.co.uk ship kitset steel retaining walls all over the UK
Slim Profile Corten garden wall parts
Easy to assemble corten panel parts to choose from, including curves and corners, saving you patio space
The Modular Advantage: 100+ Sizes for a Custom Fit
These panels come in hundreds of sizes, precision-engineered to lock together exactly where you need them.
Tools to assemble corten parts
Your steel will arrive grey. This is normal. The protective patina starts to form after the first rain.
The Assembly Process: Built Once, Built Right.
Set out + Assemble + Brace + Concrete + Protection + Backfill = Success
Set Out: The Master Line
To get the geometry right, set up the string line taut and and check the levels, Before the first shovel hits the ground.
Deep-Set Stability
A Corten wall is only as good as the ground it’s anchored in. Concrete is the invisible anchor, poured deep for strength, once cured the wall is going nowhere.
Temporary Panel and Post Braces
The corten steel posts and buried panels coated with bitumen paint
Corten support posts, with temporary timber bracing. Remove bracing once concrete has set
The Foundation of a Forever Retaining Wall:
Protection + Drainage + Support Piles = Success
Life-span information
To increase the lifespan of buried corten, coat the buried parts with a bitumen sealer such as Black Jack Bitumen water proofer or equivalent
Drainage information
Drainage systems, using gravel backfill and perforated pipes, prevent hydrostatic pressure failures,
Complete retaining wall how to
Slim profile corten retaining wall setout and how to images and drawings
Corten Retaining Wall Costed Examples
Costed retaining wall examples: See the Corten in Action
This interlocking kitset system handles curves and corners with ease. Browse our examples page to see options where you can trade the contractor’s fee for a weekend of smart work.
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Email us your dimensions, photos, or a rough sketch, and we’ll send back a suggested Corten layout drawing. We do the heavy lifting so you get every part you need for a perfect, crisp retaining wall. [email protected]
Post holes filled with concrete support the retaining wall.
Retaining wall success relies on posts in good bearing ground
Rock-Solid Footing: Support piles transfer the weight of your wall past the soft topsoil down to the hard earth.
Digging post holes in good bearing ground
Good bearing hard ground is very good for supporting retaining walls, but you may need machinery to make the job easier
Soil is heavy, especially when it’s soaked. Our system uses deep support piles to bypass the "moving" topsoil
Transition and kitset corner parts
Left and Right Transition panels
These panels make for a smooth change of grade
Curved Panels
Both internal and external curved panels in a range of radii
Example of external quarter panel
Curved panels are available in radii, from 300mm to 2400mm, in heights to match the rectangular panel sizes
Simple change in wall height
Example of change in using a a 90deg corner joiner and short return panel
Back view of corner.
Note the buried corten is coated with bitumen sealer.
Example of internal quarter panel
Curved panels are available in radii, from 300mm to 2400mm, in heights to match the rectangular panel sizes