Retaining walls are sometimes a necessity, and sometimes optionally used on sloped lands to provide more useable flat space. Whatever your need and reasons are, consider using stacked natural rocks and stones. They offer significant benefits like:
- Ease of maintenance: Natural rock/stone retaining walls don't need painting, discoloration/moss growth/aging does not hurt the look, it actually enhances it
- Longer life: while subtle movements of the soil may crack or damage more rigid and concrete walls, stacked rocks can shift and work with the soil without needing difficult and pricey repairs, and if necessary any or all of the rocks can be restacked or adjusted without having to redo the entire wall
- Better drainage: Natural rock/stone retaining walls are more permeable and therefore less susceptible to issues that may arise due to poorly engineered or crafted drainage systems of less permeable solutions like concrete or mortared stones/bricks.
- Natural and Beautiful appearance: time spent in nature has proven benefits to people and more natural-looking spaces soothe our souls and create more easy-going, chill, and relaxing places. You can also easily add seasonal flowers, ground covers, hanging plants etc. between the rocks to soften the look add even more rustic appeal.
- Eco-friendly: Rocks are natural materials and don't need to be produced at a factory. And since there is no mortar or concrete involved, if you ever decide to get rid of your retaining wall you will just end up with clean soil and rocks that are ready to be reused in another project or even safely returned to nature, instead of construction waste and rubble.
^Photo by Sinan Yucel
^Photo by Sinan Yucel
^Photo by Sinan Yucel
^Photo by Sinan Yucel
^Photo by Sinan Yucel
^Photo by Sinan Yucel
^Photo by Sinan Yucel
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