Retaining Wall Installation

Boulder-Walls are a form of the oldest and longest lasting type of retaining walls. They are actually natural stone walls. Rather than being made of smaller stones, they are typically built of fieldstone boulders.These types of retaining walls also offer a natural or rustic look.

This look fits well in Idaho and especially for a non-formal or natural looking landscaping. In addition, this type of wall will last the longest. Those boulders have been around for thousands of years and will be here for thousands of years to come. No other retaining wall material will last as long as boulders.

One of the main benefits of building a concrete block wall is that it can take almost any shape, so it is very likely that the finished product will look exactly like the design you had in mind. If you compare concrete to any other building material like wood, a concrete block wall will be much stronger. The benefit of this is that is you’re planning to build a block retaining wall on your concrete patio, it will be much more resistant to any kind of damage.

Due to its strength, concrete block walls are highly resistant to extreme weather conditions such as floods, high heat and strong winds, plus, concrete is by nature fire resistant, that means your home will be protected in case of a fire emergency.

Whether it’s an engineered wall on a cut slope or a short seat wall to hold back a raised bed, veneered retaining walls ooze high end luxury. This is the landscape architects’ specialty because virtually any outcome can be created using this type of construction. The veneer itself is merely aesthetic, but inside is the solid core wall that does all the work.

These retaining walls can be designed in virtually any thickness and height, although any over four feet will require footings and reinforcing steel. This provides a creative way for solving problems with a superior product that’s unique to your project (since every one will be different). Although other types of retaining walls may appear similar, they’ll never retain the same value of a custom stone veneer wall.

Prized for their strength and versatility, concrete retaining walls require precise construction methods. With this high level of technicality comes incredible versatility. Poured concrete retaining walls can be colored, textured, accented with embedded objects and much more. When installed properly, concrete offers much more room for customization than any other retaining wall material.

Poured concrete retaining walls can also be decorative and reproduce the look of stone or masonry. The construction process for these decorative walls involves setting the forms, installing form liners inside the forms (this provides the texture), pouring colored or plain concrete, then stripping the forms and staining the concrete to look like stone or masonry.