Sloped Yard? No Problem When a Retaining Wall Is Built in the Huntington Park and The Ridges, NE, Areas
If you live on a property with a sloped front yard or backyard, it can affect your outdoor living experience at your Huntington Park, NE, or The Ridges, NE, area home. You may even experience negative effects, such as basement or landscape flooding. Here are some benefits you can enjoy when you have a retaining wall built by professionals using high-quality materials.
More Functional Outdoor Living Space
It’s difficult to spend time outside if you live in a hilly area. When you have a retaining wall built, it will help flatten out areas of your property so that you have more functional outdoor living space. You’ll be much more inspired to spend time outside, making memories with your friends and family and taking in the fresh air.
You could have tiers of retaining walls built to form a terraced landscape. Each section could feature a different outdoor living space. For example, one level could have your outdoor kitchen area, another your outdoor living room area, and another your inground pool area.
Enhanced Aesthetics
Retaining walls can be built using various materials, including natural stone or masonry blocks. This provides the opportunity to add a unique design and style to your landscape. Blocks are available in various colors, textures, shapes, and sizes, providing plenty of customization options. Natural stone offers a beauty that looks great in any environment.
The flat areas created by a retaining wall also make an ideal location for planting beds to add beauty to your landscape. Whether the retaining wall is located at the front of your home or in your backyard, these planting beds will enhance the overall look. Your landscape contractor can install plantings that will add color to your landscape all year round, whether blooming perennials or lush hedges and shrubs.
Easier-to-Navigate Landscape
It can be difficult to navigate a steep slope. The addition of a retaining wall can make it much easier with the flat land created and stairs connecting the various levels of your landscape. Be sure to include outdoor lighting so your guests can see clearly as they walk from one outdoor living area to the next.
Better Water Management
When you live in a hilly landscape, rainwater can rush down the hill and wash away the grass and soil, which results in soil erosion. When this happens, nothing will grow in these spots, and you’ll have bare areas throughout your lawn.
In these circumstances, rainwater can also pool up on your landscape or at the foundation of your home and lead to a flooded basement or home. Water entering your home can cause a plethora of issues, including damage to your home and personal items, and lead to mold growth that can be detrimental to your family’s health.
A retaining wall can help prevent washouts and soil erosion by slowing down the flow of water. When the water reaches the retaining wall, a drainage system can collect the water and direct it to a more appropriate location. This will help you avoid a soggy lawn and landscape and help prevent basement flooding.
About the Author
Since 2008, we have shared our passion for the great outdoors by creating award-winning landscapes that inspire our customers to spend more time outside. As a first-generation company, we’ve persevered through entrepreneurial challenges, put our strong Midwestern work ethic to good use, and got our hands and boots dirty to become what we are today—a successful business with four locations spanning across Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Tennessee.
