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RETAINING WALL xx FENCE xx WALL Front-yard facelift. Includes instructions for building a brick-on-aggregate path and a low limestone wall (edging a raised planting bed). Protect your shoreline against erosion. How to design and build a waterfront retaining wall. Covers the 3 most common styles: gravity, cantilevered and cribbed. Retaining walls. How to properly design and construct a functional retaining wall. Looks at sheetwalls, cantilever walls, dry-stone walls, crib walls, gabion walls and Pisa stone walls. How to build a garden or patio retaining wall. Excavating and laying-up a modular concrete retaining wall. How to build a terrace or retaining wall from discarded cut-up concrete sections. How to build a rugged retaining wall and patio with rocks and flagstones. Troubleshooting retaining walls. How to check for problems and repair defects. How to build retaining walls and other tips to prevent erosion of steep backyards. Deck and walkways form a serene hideaway. The deck incorporates a wooden retaining wall built from stacked 6x6s. How to build a wood retaining wall. Tip on sealing a wood retaining wall to keep grain from lifting and/or splitting. Wood retaining wall maintenance. Some tips. Build a dry (mortarless) stone retaining wall. How to construct landscaping and retaining walls from interlocking concrete blocks. How to build a timber retaining wall and staircase. Construct a dry stone retaining wall. Tips on using fragments of discarded concrete sidewalk to build retaining walls. Building a dry-stone retaining wall. Includes tips on shaping stones. Building your own timber retaining wall. Professional techniques ensure strength and longevity. How to stack a freestanding dry stone wall. Planted pockets give life to stone walls. How to fill cracks and crevices with drought-tolerant plants for a been-there-forever look. Includes plant lists of perennials and annuals for sun or shade. Also includes instructions for building a dry-stacked retaining wall. Tip on constructing a gravity-type retaining wall inside an existing stone foundation (setting on clay soil) to provide additional lateral support. Building a concrete bulkhead (a retaining wall to prevent erosion of waterfront property). Gunite retaining wall. Sprayed-on concrete does more than just line swimming pools. Tip on building a retaining wall from old tires filed with compacted dirt. Building a timber retaining wall. Good drainage and a stout connection to the hillside are keys to a long-lasting wall. Building dry stone walls. A systematic approach saves time and turns beginners into artists. How to create a rock garden. Includes instructions for constructing a dry stone retaining wall. Building retaining walls from broken concrete. Some tips. Simple trellis built from 1x2s supports a vine to camouflage a concrete retaining wall. Other camouflage tips suggested. How to build a limestone block retaining wall is illustrated in step-by-step photos. How to build raised planting beds, both freestanding planters and single-wall beds to provide erosion-free growing space on sloping land. How to build retaining walls. Covers concrete walls, concrete block walls, brick walls, stone walls, railroad tie walls, plank walls, weepholes and terracing. Retaining walls that last. Expert advice and tips on designing and building retaining walls. Proper way to build a retaining wall with 6x6 pressure-treated lumber. Great walls. Modular systems make it easy to build attractive, space-saving retaining walls. Big ideas for a small yard. Landscaping projects include (1) cedar arbor and planters, (2) concrete block retaining wall and steps that are covered with limestone slabs, (3) wooden trellis backdrop for a limestone planter, and (4) red cedar privacy fencing and gate with a lattice top. Tip shows how to build a containment wall to keep a raised bed away from a house wall. Making the grade. Retaining walls, stepped walkways, ramps and drainage techniques to make sloping sites beautiful and usable. Working the angles. Be it gentle, or steep, sloping ground can be the start of some beautiful landscaping. Includes instructions for building a retaining wall of pressure-treated landscape timbers. Tip on how to build a retaining wall on a slope by stacking unopened bags of ready-mix cement, driving steel reinforcing rods through the sacks and hosing down the stacked sacks with water so they will harden into a solid unit. How to use railroad ties in landscaping to build retaining walls, raised beds, access steps, etc. How to build a wood wall to control debris from a sharp slope and create an attractive patio boundry. Suggestions of plants to fill the cracks in a drystone retaining wall. How to use broken concrete to build a dry wall when terracing a garden. Stone walls you can make. How to lay up retaining walls using either the wet or dry mortar method. Also shows how to cast a planter box from concrete. Build a low brick retaining wall to enclose the planting area around a house. Three rows of bricks on top of a 12" deep foundation. How to construct brick retaining walls. A culvert retaining wall project is illustrated. A relatively cheap way to install a retaining wall with big poles and rough boards. A multi-level, S-shaped brick and stone planter and retaining wall. A retaining wall built from railroad crossties. Covers elementary soil mechanics, planning and laying a wall. Putting gravity to work for you. How to construct a dry-laid stone wall. Building stone retaining walls. Six articles on farming and gardening steep hillsides. Includes instructions on how to terrace using 2x10s or railroad ties, how to build a railroad tie garden, and how to make rock terraces. Also covers how to garden on a hillside without terraces and how to use terrace and contour farming to stop erosion. Concluding article summerizes the views of experts expressed at the 1976 International Hill Land Symposium. Retaining walls to build to save sloping gardens. Build a stone retaining wall without mortar which won't crack. Control troublesome slopes by constructing terraces from landscape ties. A worldly touch. Style any garden to echo the charms of Europe, the Orient or Mexico. Includes tips on constructing a dry stream bed and a retaining wall. Ten retaining walls to dress up your yard. How to build a retaining wall. Construction techniques are shown for dry stone walls, railroad-tie walls, brick on masonry walls, reinforced concrete walls and cribbing with railroad ties (for walls over 4 ft. high). Four structures for container gardening. (1) Windowbox. (2) Railroad tie garden frames. (3) Telephone pole retaining wall. (4) Covered grape vine arbor. Tip on applying a coat of stucco to a retaining wall made of concrete block. How to build a retaining wall using a modern interlocking block system. How to build retaining walls. Several construction techniques shown, including poured concrete, block, brick, dry-wall, stone & mortar, railroad-tie, etc. How to lay a concrete block retaining wall using ordinary silicone caulk instead of mortar. Cure a messy, washed-out sloping lawn with an easy-to-build retaining wall. Built from concrete block and topped with brick. Three ways to hold up a bank using retaining walls made of wood. Planter fences and pergolas. (1) Gateway pergola with an oriental theme combined with a privacy fence. (2) Large planter box topped with a pergola. (3) Planter fence where each section has three tiers of planter boxes built in between the 4x6 posts. This sturdy fence could double as a retaining wall. Three easy holdups. What is available in molded concrete blocks with an interlocking design that let you build retaining walls that look like stone. Terracing tricks. How to beautify your sloping yard. Great garden walls. Three timber and one stone retaining wall design. Only limited construction tips included. How to build step-up walls for a sandstone slope. Designed to hold enough topsoil for planting. Photo shows how concrete block retaining walls covered with stucco and a stairway of railroad-tie risers and brick treads can create an interesting entrance on a sloping lot. How to make a flower-draped retaining wall by using concrete blocks laid at an angle and planted with rock plants. Low wooden retaining wall includes a shallow planter at the base of the exposed side. Tip: Use a retaining wall as one side of a cold frame. Tip: Retaining wall that uses steel I-beams for posts can be masked with a grid work facing. A look at multipurpose low walls in a garden as a way to define space, direct traffic, hold plants and provide seating. Practical hints for design furnished. Using railroad ties to build retaining walls, raised garden beds, etc. Some tips. Build a garden wall from broken concrete paving. Step-by-step instructions. The art of laying rock walls (garden walls) built of dry-stacked stones. General information on selecting an appropriate retaining wall. (1) Timber wall. (2) Interlocking concrete block wall. (3) Stone, brick or cinder block wall. (4) Concrete wall. Outdoor L-shape planter is built from stone, brick, or concrete blocks and doubles as a retaining wall. Wood fence and wood retaining wall maintenance tips. How to build a dry-laid floating-stone wall. Stylish landscape wall (retaining wall) is made from pressure treated lumber. | |||||||||
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