- Blue Dot Landscaping is a full service landscaping, hardscaping and lawn care company. -
For steep slope management, erosion control, or for decorative purposes
At Blue Dot Landscaping we have not one but
TWO nationally certified Segmental Retaining Wall
Installers. The National Concrete Masonry Association is the industry standard when it pertains
to properly built masonry retaining walls.
Our landscapes design team can help you
with your back yard ideas. Retaining wall design and material selection can
have several options. We can assist you with deciding based on several factors:
Designing any retaining wall requires a knowledge of lateral earth pressure. We know how to design your wall not only so that it is appealing to the eye but also for stability. This includes checks for wall overturning, base sliding, and soil bearing capacity failures. After the wall is sized, each wall member is checked for adequate strength and reinforcing is determined.
One of the most common and telling failures of retaining walls is the inevitable tilting, cracking and bowing of brick, timber and concrete block retaining walls built by homeowners, well meaning builders, and landscapers. These 'problems' truly are failures, since the wall has not performed the task it was built to do, and that is to hold back the soil.
The failures also clearly demonstrate the lack of knowledge or design
that is required by a successful retaining wall design. By understanding how
a wall works, and how it can fail, it is possible to engineer a retaining
structure that will meet all foreseen environmental, structural and
construction demands.
To see a great example of our construction process of an actual retaining wall,
click here
Retainer walls provide lateral support to vertical slopes of soil. They retain soil which would otherwise collapse into a more natural shape. One of the many benefits can be that more of your land becomes not so steep and therefore more usable. Retaining walls can be constructed of many different materials and with a variety of building techniques. Regardless of material or style, we engineer your retaining wall so that it will last.
We cover Greenville and Spartanburg counties in upstate South Carolina
Our initial consultation is always free. Phone Rich any time at (864) 680-9842.
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