Retaining Wall. Landscaping. Improvement Of The Territory. Leveling The Plot. How To Build A Retaining Wall. Terracing Of The Site. A Photo

Retaining walls are a common decorative element in a personal plot; they are used to keep the soil from collapsing. They perfectly perform the function of organizing a summer cottage space, if there are elevation differences on the site, and they simply serve as a decoration of the garden.

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Retaining walls were invented long ago. Many millennia ago, people grew tea, grapes and other crops in the foothills. To this end, he equipped terraces, and to strengthen the mountain unstable slopes, he erected retaining walls. Over time, these structures have become more aesthetic. An example is the Italian terraced gardens during the Renaissance.

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Retaining walls are erected to keep the soil of embankments and all kinds of excavations from crumbling and collapse. Also, walls are sometimes used when organizing park paths, various sites, and simply, if desired, on your flat area, you can create the illusion of relief precisely thanks to such walls.

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Depending on what task the wall has to perform, they are divided into decorative and for strengthening. But the component parts for all walls are the same. This is the foundation, i.e. underground part, body, i.e. aboveground, load-bearing part of the structure and directly drainage, to increase strength.

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The foundation and drainage is exclusively a technical function. And the body must also solve aesthetic problems.

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