A retaining wall can offer both functional and aesthetic benefits for your yard. Here's the lowdown on the two different types of concrete retaining walls.

Concrete will allow you to build curves, angles, or staircases into the retaining wall design with a minimum of difficulty. Good looks. Say goodbye to the boring gray concrete of yesteryear.

Rockwood, a mortar-less concrete manufacturing company, has made it easy to incorporate green-living techniques into your landscaping plans. Eco-Block is the first retaining-wall system made from ...

Q: A long poured-concrete retaining wall was installed when our home was built 13 years ago. We have come to discover that the home and wall were built using poor methods.

Poured concrete foundations also require reinforcing steel if you want the walls to resist the horizontal forces of wet soil. Another key point to remember is that foundation walls buried in the ...

At first, Cornerstone's retaining wall business started out slow, but by the second year business had picked up. Parrish estimates that in 2008, Sure Stone walls made over $500,000 in sales, and ...

Q: Tim, I’m desperate.My 1972 house was built in a flood plain. Twice in the last nine years, it’s had two feet of water in it, most recently from Hurricane Florence.