Diy retaining wall

Working on home improvement projects yourself can save you thousands of dollars when done right. With these tips, you can learn how to build a retaining wall the right way in just one afternoon.

If you're looking to build an easy and cheap retaining wall, here's a gallery of different retaining wall ideas on a budget.

Retaining walls often are used to manage steep slopes in a landscape. They not only prevent erosion, but also create flat space for a garden bed, patio or a hedge. Add a smart, secure retaining wall to your cabin landscape plan with these straightforward steps.

You can build retaining walls that look fabulous, last for decades, and costs far less than hiring it out. Our DIY retaining wall was built in a weekend and had a garden growing in it within days. I love growing flowers! You may have seen my gutter garden already. And ever since the day I

How to Build a Block Retaining Wall: I had an area on the side of my house that was a narrow path of flagstones and sloped down toward my neighbor's house. The space was pretty much unusable for anything except walking by. I decided to build a retaining wall on the property line, and …

Building a wood retaining wall is a great way to keep your topsoil from washing away down a slope. Not only that, you can turn it into a terraced garden for planting anything from vegetables and flowers to small shrubs and trees. Although...

We built a retaining wall on the slope behind our house to give us more usable space, and it opened up our backyard and gave us a lot more room.

This video details step by step instructions of how to build a retaining wall using 6" x 17" beveled retaining wall block / pavers and class 5 limestone fill.

Anyone with a strong back can stack up a bunch of blocks and build a pretty retaining wall. But it takes skill and planning to construct an attractive wall that can also handle immense pressure, shrug off the forces of gravity, stand for decades and laugh in the face of Mother Nature. That's the kind of wall we wanted to learn how to build with landscape retaining wall blocks, so we went to work with some hardworking hardscaping pros. They showed us that it's all about a solid base, proper…

Landscape walls are a gardener's way to fight gravity. Learn how to conquer slopes and overcome common retaining-wall challenges.