How Is Having a Natural Slope Different From a Retaining Wall

Natural slopes and retaining walls are great ways to showcase a lovely garden. There are many businesses and landscapers that specialize in these structures and make an ordinary garden a work of art. However, natural slopes are different from retention walls in a number of ways. 

Q. What is a retaining wall ? 

A. Is a structure that is built of stone, soil or wood to contain soil from a higher elevation. 

Q. What is a natural slope ? 

A. Natural slopes are where the soil is naturally contained and prevents the soil from moving from a higher elevation to a lower area on the terrain. 

Q. What effects do natural disasters have on a retaining wall? 

A. The designs of retaining walls are constantly being changed to withstand extreme weather conditions such as floods, winds and natural disaster such as hurricanes, typhoons and in most recent times, earthquakes. This is done in certain instances on retention walls gold coast. 

Q. How long does it take to rebuild a retaining wall? 

A. Retaining walls are unique and the time to complete will depend on factors such as the ground level, that the relevant approvals are in order, access to the site, the height and the material used for construction, the availability of the required material and labor. Usually retention walls can take from a month to a year to build depending on the requirements. 

Q. Which might I benefit from retaining walls or natural slopes? 

A. Natural slopes needs a substantial amount of space. Landscaping a slope is not as easy as constructing a retention wall. Natural slopes are eco friendly and are the natural way of turning a garden space into something extraordinary. Natural slopes have the tendency to absorb water and during extreme weather conditions such as flooding, there may be a possibility that natural slopes can face soil erosion if there is no proper drainage system. 

Retaining walls that are built using good construction material are very resilient to extreme weather conditions, in fact there are many changes being made to the design of retaining walls to make them more effective in extreme weather conditions. There are various types of retaining walls such as anchored walls, cantilever walls and gravity walls. Anchored walls are where an anchor is tied to the rock at the back of the wall. Cantilever walls are where a cantilever is buried into the ground giving the structure a way to hold back the soil behind the wall. Gravity wall depends on the structure of the wall to retain the soil behind it. 

Author: Todd Johnson
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