The ideas of the landscape design of the garden and backyard: retaining walls! 45 wonderful examples

The ideas of the landscape design of the garden and backyard: retaining walls! 45 wonderful examples!

The retaining wall is an important architectural part of the garden. Its primary task is to strengthen the soil on slopes and slopes, prevent landslides. But in fact, the functions of this strengthening object are much more. For example, there are many photos on the Internet where the wall decorates some sections of a country house.
To understand whether the retaining wall will fit perfectly into the landscape design of your site, you need to study more than one photo of its variants taken on other sites.
In addition to their appearance, it is worth knowing how they are erected in order to delve into all the nuances of construction and the difficulties that will have to be faced when designing, which problem areas on the site can be corrected. Retaining walls are advised to be erected in areas with a slope.
The walls can be of different types. They are differentiated by material: brick, natural stone, concrete with a plaster coating. The material and type of construction should be combined with the general style of the house and garden.
In order for the wall to inspire confidence, it is necessary to connect rectangular bricks or natural stones of irregular shape during laying in a certain order. So the load will be distributed evenly.

The calculation of retaining walls of various types includes checks on:
– resistance of the wall to shifts;
– soil mobility;
– reliability of fragments of the retaining structure and places of joining of parts;
– possible deformations;

This work is quite time-consuming even for a professional builder. It is necessary to make miscalculations on many complex formulas, while taking into account the impact of several factors on the structure at the same time.
To build a safe structure, it is recommended to seek help from experienced specialists. Decorative walls can be constructed without calculations, based on the minimum requirements.
If the type of retaining wall and its design are selected correctly, and the technology was not violated during the construction, such a protective element will ensure the safety of its operation even with significant changes in the terrain of the site.

This video is educational in nature! Author of the channel “100 Ideas!” demonstrates retaining walls and explains their merits.
We made significant changes to our content using Movavi Video Suite 18 video editor, edited several ideas (image) in a specific order to reveal the creator’s creative intent, and overlaid audio track with our instructions and free music YouTube.

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