A poured concrete wall can take nearly any shape and with the right reinforcement they resist a lot of pressure.
Poured concrete retaining wall decoration ideas.
If you have an outdoor garden do think about including retaining walls because they have more benefits than they cost.
Poured concrete retaining walls can also be decorative and reproduce the look of stone or masonry.
In this photo increte contractors installed a poured in place decorative concrete wall system called stone crete that creates deep relief stone walls with a variety of available textures and colors.
The wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that.
After it sets and dries the forms are removed a craftsman adds some finishing touches with acid stain and or sealer and kazam.
If you want to build a concrete retaining wall you should consider pouring the wall rather than making it out of concrete blocks.
Usually plywood forms are set up and secured in place.
Pouring a concrete retaining wall is not that difficult and this easy to follow how to guide will show you just what to do.
This simple retaining wall utilizes a beautiful travertine stone cap upgrade.
Then the concrete is poured between the pieces.
Poured concrete retaining walls can be colored textured accented with embedded objects and much more.
You ve got modern retaining walls.
Many contractors shy away from poured concrete preferring to use cmu block with a plastered face.
When installed properly concrete offers much more room for customization than any other retaining wall material.
A poured wall is much stronger and generally last many more years than a block wall.
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Once you pour it you can paint it to match your style or you can stamp designs into the side of the wall.
Retaining walls can heighten the beauty of any landscape.
This article is about cost friendly retaining wall ideas and their benefits compared to concrete brick and cut wall stones.
Another popular choice for a retaining wall material is poured concrete.
Materials tools and site.
How to build a concrete wall prep work.
The risk of cracking in poured walls and the difficulty in repairing them makes block and plaster a more forgiving choice.
It took a day to rip out the old collapsing retaining wall to dig farther into the hill to provide room for the backfill gravel and to help unload materials.
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Stone crete is used for sound barrier walls retaining walls subdivision entry walls or wherever a beautiful deep relief stone wall is desired.