When it comes to building a garden wall, the only limitation is your imagination. Garden walls serve only a couple of purposes, to look aesthetically pleasing to the eye of the homeowner and to serve as a barrier or attractive border around flowerbeds, trees and gardens. They are usually not designed as retaining structures for holding back soil or stabilizing …
Some benefits of retaining walls often go unnoticed by many property owners. Sure the shape, design and colors of any retaining wall are selected because of an owner’s or landscape designer’s custom design. The curves, corners and layout can transform a simple yard into a homeowner’s pride and admiration. However, the structural benefits can be far more valuable to the …
During the excitement of planning and design, no one ever expects that one day their retaining wall might fail. Yet, some retaining walls may eventually begin to slide… or lean in a way they should not. Retaining wall failure is not something you want to think about… But any structure constructed by humans and exposed to the environment is fallible, …
Between HGTV and YouTube tutorials, everyone wants to be a DIY-er these days. And with a project like retaining walls, using manufactured interlocking blocks, doing-it-yourself can seem like child’s play. Of course, you will want to make sure you have the necessary tools on hand—or know which handy neighbor to borrow them from! You will need a shovel, rake, broom …
Stairs can “Step-Up” a Design If you’re wanting to give a more “custom” feel to designs when you’re presenting landscaping plans to your customers, consider building stairs into your retaining wall design. Installing landscape stairs will go a long way toward increasing the usability of the yard while adding an attractive element of expression in an outdoor space. Before You …
Don’t Let Water Put a Damper on Your Build Designing for Water Management One of the main reasons retaining walls are built is to keep water away from a specified area and keep the area (for the most part) dry. Water can cause the structural integrity of a retaining wall to degrade, which means it is of the utmost importance …
Commonly known for producing a segmented retaining wall block product, Heritage Block acquired the Heritage Stone Block product line from Triangle Precast, Inc. on October 1, 2013. The retaining wall product is used by Landscape Contractors to build retaining walls for both residential and commercial applications. “For us, Heritage Block offers a unique and natural look not found in the …
