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Segmental Retaining Walls: Where Form and Function Meet

Feb 28th, 2010 | By Kevin Earley and Robert Powers | Category: House Mechanic

Enjoying your backyard to its fullest often involves adding amenities like built-in barbecues, fireplaces, ponds, expanded patios or elegant walkways. To achieve such designs, homeowners often have to cut into or fill in the existing soil to create a suitable foundation for the project. Many times, a retaining wall is needed to create these features. [...]