Retaining Walls
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A retaining wall is designed to holds back soil or rock from a building or area. Retaining walls can be made from several different types of materials, and in their early days were made from railroad ties or large stones. There are a variety of materials available today for retaining walls, including pre-formed blocks.
Retaining walls often include plantings, flowers or other material to add to the look of the wall. They can be tiered to break up the look of the wall and soften the appearance. Retaining walls can be used to address water erosion problems in addition to adding beauty to a landscape.
- Block walls provide the most formal look in a retaining wall. They are useful for front gardens, creating grade changes, and can be engineered to hold back a large amount of hill. The lack of gaps between the blocks minimizes wash through and rodents.
- Granite boulders are usually rounder, and come in an array of color tones including gray, cream, red and blue. These walls provide a location for trailing plants, which can further soften the wall's appearance.
- Limestone walls are a great way to give a more formal appearance without using a pre-made concrete product. Limestone is found throughout the Southern Wisconsin area, and is the natural choice to reflect the surrounding topography of your home.
- Seating walls can be incorporated into almost any landscape idea. They can be placed around a patio, along the bottom of a grade, or provide a planting area around a tree.
