Retaining Walls And ­­The Building Methods That Designers Use

Among the garden designing methods that have been gaining popularity in the recent past in the Gold Coast area is the construction of retaining walls. More and more homeowners are hiring the services of landscaping designers to build retaining walls on their gardens so as improve the home’s aesthetics as well as holding backfill.

According to retention wall Gold Coast professionals, a home’s outlook can be greatly improved if the appropriate retention wall is constructed around it. There are several methods to design these and the right one can be informed by the taste of the homeowner, the topography of the grounds and size of the garden among others.

One popular method that Gold Coast landscaping professionals use is sheet pile walls. These are especially useful in places where there are waterfront structures such as fountains or pools. To create these walls professionals use plastic, wood, pre-cast concrete and steel to reinforce them.

Mechanically stabilised earth walls are the other type that is more common in many homes than any other. This is because they are easy to construct, are cheap and have little or no maintenance costs. Roles are reversed as these kinds of walls are supported by soiland not the other way round.

Another method that Gold Coast retention walls designers use is crib walls. These are made either from timber blocks or pre-cast concrete and work well when interlocked to form a strong wall. Because they are hollow, coarse granules such as sand are used to fill them up to make the wall self-draining.

Author: Todd Johnson

Email: Todd@australianwebsitedevelopment.com.au
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