Retaining walls can heighten the beauty of any landscape.
Poured concrete retaining wall decoration ideas.
If you want to build a concrete retaining wall you should consider pouring the wall rather than making it out of concrete blocks.
This simple retaining wall utilizes a beautiful travertine stone cap upgrade.
The wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that.
The risk of cracking in poured walls and the difficulty in repairing them makes block and plaster a more forgiving choice.
Poured concrete retaining walls can also be decorative and reproduce the look of stone or masonry.
Pouring a concrete retaining wall is not that difficult and this easy to follow how to guide will show you just what to do.
A poured concrete wall can take nearly any shape and with the right reinforcement they resist a lot of pressure.
Usually plywood forms are set up and secured in place.
When installed properly concrete offers much more room for customization than any other retaining wall material.
In this photo increte contractors installed a poured in place decorative concrete wall system called stone crete that creates deep relief stone walls with a variety of available textures and colors.
This article is about cost friendly retaining wall ideas and their benefits compared to concrete brick and cut wall stones.
Materials tools and site.
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Stone crete is used for sound barrier walls retaining walls subdivision entry walls or wherever a beautiful deep relief stone wall is desired.
Poured concrete is all about molds and forms.
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It took a day to rip out the old collapsing retaining wall to dig farther into the hill to provide room for the backfill gravel and to help unload materials.
How to build a concrete wall prep work.
Poured concrete retaining walls can be colored textured accented with embedded objects and much more.
After it sets and dries the forms are removed a craftsman adds some finishing touches with acid stain and or sealer and kazam.
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Perhaps the finest examples of poured concrete walls can be seen every day along freeways where these structures are constructed on a massive scale.
If you have an outdoor garden do think about including retaining walls because they have more benefits than they cost.
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A poured wall is much stronger and generally last many more years than a block wall.
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Once you pour it you can paint it to match your style or you can stamp designs into the side of the wall.