The purpose of old stone walls in New England was simply to provide a place to put the stone that was cleared from a farmer's field and to keep his livestock from disappearing.
Today, walls form the basic structure of the landscape. While there are several ways to construct a retaining wall, they all have one thing in common; they must be designed to have enough mass or strength to hold back the earth.
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Freestanding walls delineate the landscape and provide definition to the boundaries of the space. Walls can be topped off by the wall material itself or by a separate wall coping.
Stone walls are the most traditional in New England landscaping, but Brick is also used extensively.
Recent developments have added Thin Natural Stone and Concrete Wall Systems as more flexible alternatives to traditional materials.
Learn more about the many options in materials for retaining walls.
SOLID STONE WALLS Stone or Brick VENEER WALLS
NATURAL THIN STONE WALLS SEGMENTED CONCRETE WALLS
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