Interesting ideas retaining walls for sloping land

Owners of sites with a large height difference know firsthand how difficult it is to organize on a slope garden or vegetable garden. The best solution problems are retaining walls, and today we look at a lot of interesting ideas, from which they can build and how to transform the area.

 





If the whole plot or its part is located on a hillside or ravine, it is difficult to maximize land use for growing vegetables or greens — any cultivation of the land leads to a gradual slipping of the soil, only exacerbating the problem. The decision in this case is very simple, retaining walls, distributed along the plot. It is sufficient to split a parcel into segments and build low walls, so that in each it was possible to level the soil in the horizontal plane without fear of it slipping or blurring. The whole plot turns, like a huge staircase, on each step which can be arranged in neat garden beds or planting shrubs and trees.

There are lots of options of how exactly to build a retaining wall. From the materials used and the design is not only their practicality and durability, but also appearance, what never forget. Logically retaining walls to be perceived as the main component of landscape design. This is a great way not only to cope with the problem of soil erosion, but also very effectively zoned area, allocating space for garden and recreation areas.

The way of doing a retaining wall will affect how will look the entire area, so that the choice of materials and design should be approached with the same responsibility, to the appearance of the facade of the house. It would be much easier to choose a suitable option if you see a large number of ready-made solutions, to evaluate their appeal and practicality, and also to compare with their ideas and the General idea of how it should eventually look like the plot.

 

GabionGorgeous and massive retaining walls gabions represent three-dimensional structures, consisting of stalini mesh and stones. Mesh forms the external skeleton of the gabion. Filling large stones or pebbles gives the structure a solidity and reliability.







 

 

 

Retaining walls from timber sleepers, Wooden railway sleepers treated and impregnated with a number of substances able to protect the wood from rotting and even vozdeistviya open flame. This is a very durable material that is great for obustroystva sloping site with retaining walls.









 

 

 

Stone retaining walls





 

 

 

Steel retaining wall





 

 

 

Retaining walls made of profiled sheetProfiled steel sheet is able to withstand heavy loads, including a significant soil pressure. Retaining walls made of steel sheet not less reliable than kamenye or wood, but much easier to install.





 

 

 

Shapeless retaining wall made of massive boulders of stone









 

Concrete retaining walls





 

 

 

 

 

 

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

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