Here at Husky Property Maintenance, we want to help you do what’s best for your home and yard, and we offer a wide range of services designed to keep both in the best condition. One of the many things we can help you with is designing and constructing retaining walls for your landscape—we have the right experience to both make sure the wall does its job, looks great, and works with your landscape’s overall aesthetic.
To help you get the best results from your retaining walls, in this article, we will go over a few common mistakes people make when designing and building these structures, so you can avoid making them yourself.
- Wrong Material Choice- One common mistake people make when it comes to building retaining walls is choosing the wrong material for the project. For example, building a retaining wall out of wood is a bad idea for anyone who lives in a humid climate or an area that’s prone to termites.
- Improper Drainage- Another mistake people often make when designing retaining walls is neglecting to consider drainage, which causes them to end up with walls that create troublesome puddles. You need to make sure water flows away from your retaining walls, rather than pooling behind them, in order to prevent the walls from becoming damaged when the puddles freeze.
- Excess Weight- A third frequent mistake in retaining wall design is piling too much soil behind the wall, forcing the wall to bear more weight than it was designed for. Instead, make sure your wall is as sturdy as possible and check that it’s not being forced to hold back a heavier load of soil than its structure can reasonably support.
