RETAINING WALLS can add significant value to your home, and can be beautiful as well as functional. Stately and sophisticated, RETAINING WALLS create outdoor spaces that are beautiful to behold and inviting to walk through. They add visual and textural interest as well as a sense of permanence. Retaining walls can be used to stabilize your propertys landscape, adding to its overall value. Retaining walls are structures designed to restrain soil to unnatural slopes. They are used to bound soils between two different elevations often in areas of terrain possessing undesirable slopes or in areas where the landscape needs to be shaped severely and engineered for more specific purposes like hillside farming or roadway overpasses. The most important consideration in proper design and installation of retaining walls is to recognize and counteract the tendency of the retained material to move downslope due to gravity. This creates lateral earth pressure behind the wall which depends on the angle of internal friction (phi) and the cohesive strength (c) of the retained material, as well as the direction and magnitude of movement the retaining structure undergoes. RETAINING WALLS allow you to manipulate the land, sculpting steep slopes into sections of level ground that increase the visual appeal of your yard. Stone and brick are common retaining walls materials, but concrete RETAINING WALL BLOCKS offer strength and durability at a fraction of the cost. These specially designed blocks have a lip on them to add stability. You can choose from several concrete colors, shapes and textures, including options that bear a striking resemblance to natural stone. Whether your project involves adding terraces, raised planting beds or large structural walls, KC Masonry Landscape offers the perfect solution for your design and aesthetic needs. Choose between modern flat face units, traditional radius face units and rustic tumbled units for the wall that best complements your landscape and buildings. Consider hiring a professional contractor for RETAINING WALLS greater than 4 feet tall. Many areas require a building permit for walls over 4 feet, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall, and when the backslope is 2 feet horizontal to 1 foot vertical or greater. We, at KC Masonry Landscape ready to help you with all your retaining walls, landscape retaining wall needs. We are licensed contractor servicing in Kansas City, St Louis Mo and entire Midwest region. Call now for inquiry: 816-500-4198 https://youtube/watch?v=MbMZbNiPAKo
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:37:46 +0000
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