Most landscape contractors in areas of heavy rainfall or weather extremes avoid fine poured concrete work due to its challenges.
Poured concrete retaining walls.
In this photo increte contractors installed a poured in place decorative concrete wall system called stone crete that creates deep relief stone walls with a variety of available textures and colors.
When installed properly concrete offers much more room for customization than any other retaining wall material.
Concrete walls without reinforcements are more likely to buckle especially if it s a retainer wall and cost more in terms of repairs.
Concrete retaining wall poured concrete walls can be tricky to install but look great with the architectural elements of a modern house.
Once the forms are full of cement you can smooth out the top of the wall.
Poured concrete wall also need reinforcements such as steel to further strengthen it.
When you apply a lateral load to these two walls you will achieve similar results.
Pour the retaining wall.
Poured concrete retaining walls can be colored textured accented with embedded objects and much more.
The poured concrete wall has more mass or interlocking cement paste crystals to resist the cracking force.
The hollow block wall is depending solely on the strength of the thin mortar bed between each concrete block.
Roll the wheelbarrow of cement over to your wooden forms and pour the cement into the footing and form area.