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RETAINING WALL

30 Nov 2011


Do you have a backyard situated on or near a slope? Are flooding and soil erosion commonplace in your area? Are you on the lookout for something that can help you add a little charm and beauty to your home? If your answer is yes, it is time to install a r



Do you have a backyard situated on or near a slope? Are flooding and soil erosion commonplace in your area? Are you on the lookout for something that can help you add a little charm and beauty to your home? If your answer is yes, it is time to install a retaining wall.

Promising Perks Offered By a Retaining Wall

Offering a plethora of benefits that every homeowner will cherish, a retaining wall is your allie in those trying times. Usually when you have a property located on or near slopes, you are always threatened by those environmental factors that cause earth to slide and shift. This scenario can be quite devastating for your property.
A retaining wall does not only provide effective support to the sloping earth, it also serves as a favorable means of achieving water draining runoff and reduced hydrostatic pressure. In addition, a retaining wall also helps you prevent seepage, thus diverting water from areas that are prone to flooding.

Add Beauty to Increase Value with a Retaining Wall

What makes a retaining wall a feasible option is that apart from supporting the structure, it also adds a certain aesthetic value characteristic and will in turn potentially increase the value of your property. It goes without saying that a retaining wall can grant you unrestricted use of creativity. Hence, a retaining wall can reflect positively on your property’s worth.

Retaining Wall Options

While it can be used in a hundred different ways, a well constructed retaining wall is one that is capable of effortlessly accommodating the pressure caused by sloping. Available in a number of sizes and types, a retaining wall oftens use materials like stone, brick, concrete, vinyl, steel etc.

• Retaining Wall - Gravity

This retaining wall is usually made with large bricks of stone or concrete to hold back the pressure. In addition the bricks used are themselves composed of steel, rock, timber or soil.

• Retaining Wall - Sheet Pile

If you have limited space, a sheet pile retaining wall can be the answer to all your quandaries. Generally used in areas where the earth is soft, this retaining wall makes use of sheets of vinyl or wood that are layered into ground.

• Retaining Wall - Cantilevered

Made up of the steel-reinforced concrete, a cantilevered retaining wall is often casted in a T-shape. Easily diverting all the pressure, a cantilever retaining wall is preferred as it uses lesser material as compared to others.

Helping you to keep your home in mint condition, a retaining wall is a favorable alternative that can spell beauty for your property.

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