Retaining walls not only enhance the aesthetic appearance of a residential landscape, but it helps retain rocks and soil from shoving off uneven grounds. Adding a retaining wall isn’t just a simple hardscaping project you can complete on a Saturday in a few hours, so it’s crucial that your work with a professional contractor. Let’s take a look at the ins and outs of retaining walls.

Retaining walls serve many purposes.

Purposes of a Retaining Wall

Retaining Wall Purpose

As mentioned earlier, retaining walls add aesthetic appeal to residential properties while also preventing issues with rocks and soil from occurring. Retaining walls should be handled by the professionals, however, because of all the factors that go into building a retaining wall like of wall sizes, height, width, depth and ground pressure. Don’t feel bad if you would be in over your head with a hardscaping project like building a retaining wall. There is a lot that goes into it, and the average homeowner just hasn’t had the proper training or education to safely complete such a massive project.

Types of Retaining Walls

When it comes to residential hardscaping, the five main retaining wall types are gravity walls, cantilever retaining walls, anchored retaining walls, counterfort retaining walls and sheet pile retaining walls. What type of retaining wall you build will depend on the scope of your hardscaping project.

Common Gravity Retaining Walls

Gravity walls are generally used for smaller retaining wall projects.  Some homeowners are able to attempt smaller projects with gravity walls on their own, but that doesn’t mean that they are any less tricky than some of the other styles of retaining walls. These walls generally don’t exceed a height of four feet, and it’s important to keep in mind that gravity walls are not effective for holding taller slopes. Again, these type of projects are really intensive, and you will always benefit when you work with a professional service that has years of experience and can help identify any issues.

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