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Decorative and Retaining Walls
What comes to mind when you think of a retaining wall? Stacked block or timber that holds back dirt from a vertical slope, so it doesn’t collapse into your yard? Well, times are changing, and so are retaining walls, whether they serve a functional or aesthetic purpose.
What are retaining walls?
Traditionally used to hold back a slope, retaining walls have become an elegant and popular mainstay of home landscaping, especially in the mountainous neighborhoods of San Diego. However, with the design variety, Savon Pavers offers, you may want one just for decoration!
Why would I want a retaining wall?
Decorative and retaining walls can improve the utility of rough or varied terrain, visually stimulate sections of large, uninteresting yard, and provide unique and diverse gardening opportunities.
Savon Pavers has additionally used decorative and retaining walls to highlight a landscape feature (like a fire pit), delineate a raised garden bed, create a natural-looking seating area, or complement the existing design of a house.
This kind of paving work takes the landscape and elevates it visually while blending thematically into the larger style of the home. Whatever natural materials your home features, Savon Pavers can find a paver to accentuate it.
See our crews in action. Watch this video of them transforming a backyard and building a retaining wall.
What materials are used for paver retaining walls?
While some decorative and retaining walls have been built with wood, pavers are generally recommended as more durable and longer-lasting, particularly if the wall is functional and intended to last for generations.
The materials used for paver retaining walls come in several designs, colors, shapes, and materials, which is why they have become a more popular option than wood.
Can I build a retaining wall with pavers by myself?
Because the primary function of a retaining wall is to hold back thousands of pounds of soil from a slope, we recommend you let a professional team like ours at Savon Pavers design, plan and construct the retaining wall.
Make sure to check with your municipality if you will do it yourself. If you are looking for a professional team to design, plan and construct it, please contact us to get a free consultation and design.
What other paver projects pair well with decorative and retaining walls?
Because retaining walls increase the usable space in your yard, our design consultants will work with you to transform your outdoor living areas.
It’s true, many retaining walls are designed to hold back soil, but decorative walls serve a variety of functions. For example, we built a curved decorative wall about 2.5 feet high around a custom fire pit. On top of the decorative wall, we had stone that allowed the structure to serve a dual purpose: A retaining wall and bench-style seating around the fire pit.
