Sheet Pile Wall Weep Holes

Weep holes are provided in masonry walls retaining walls underpasses wing walls and other ground draining structure.

Sheet pile wall weep holes.

We use our products for seawall construction retaining walls and lake walls. Weep holes provide an opening that allows the drainage of any moisture that may come from back of the wall through penetration capillary action or leakage. They have been heavily advertising recently. Constructing a seawall or a bulkhead with everlast piling ensures decades of maintenance free waterfront living.

Retention walls built on existing alignment consisting of predominately continuous flight auger cfa and sheet piles. In my experience sheet pile walls don t have weep holes but some may. Of course this is the rainy season and it will probably dry up in the summer. The sheet pile wall is in place generally 15 high.

Trapezoidal concrete lined channel structural problems are indicated by cracking exposure of reinforcing bars and large areas of spalled concrete along with soil loss from existing weep holes. Peinc geotechnical 10 dec 12 10 54 in answer to answer your question try this site. Historically the build up of excessive hydrostatic water pressure beyond the sheet pile walls could cause stability issues. Earth retaining structures are failing daily in all parts of the world due to lack of proper erosion control.

The purpose of the weep holes is to relieve the hydrostatic water pressure that inevitably will be behind the wall. The bottom exposed 18 of sheet piling is constantly wet with water pooling in front. These and lifting holes in the piling should be backed with a proper filter to preclude. The jet filter prevents wall failure movement by relieving water pressure and allowing drainage while saving time and money on extensive repairs.

This close fit may also be essentially water tight so regularly spaced weep holes are recommended. The interlocking feature of the sheet pile sections provides a relatively sand or soil tight fit that generally precludes the need for filters. The weep holes will be located 6 below the front grade elevation and empty into a pocket filled with 1 2 stone. Even if the spillway or flood control basin is in good structural condition seepage under the spillway or erosion at the outlet or along the sides can cause the spillway to fail.

Everlast synthetic products is a leading manufacturer of vinyl sheet piling. Jet filter maintainable weep hole system. The jet filter system was designed to relieve this pressure whilst also preventing the loss of material fines. They are the perfect solution for concrete walls all types of sheet pile steel vinyl aluminum composite etc mse walls and even wooden walls.

Most importantly maintainable weep hole filters are always easily maintained they can extend the life of your valuable investment. Cfa piles used except where geometric environmental constraints dictate sheet piling utilising the giken silent piler props used to minimise pile size piling facilitates main occupation excavation. Inquire about product accessory availability.