Segmented Retaining Walls – Ventura, Camarillo, Santa Barbara
Our Landscaping Ideas of Greatness today focuses on Segmental Retaining Walls. Scarlett’s Landscape, Inc has installed many of these walls in the Ventura and Santa Barbara area, most recently completing two projects in Carpinteria and Oakview, which is near Ojai. These are also commonly referred to as keystone walls because Keystone produces an amazing collection of these types of blocks and is one of the country’s largest producers of this product.
Segmental Walls accomplish the same task as block walls, brick walls, and concrete walls. Segmental retaining walls consist of modular concrete blocks that interlock with each other. They are used to hold back a sloping face of soil to provide a solid, vertical front. Without adequate retention, slopes can cave, slump or slide. With the unique construction of segmental retaining walls, higher and steeper walls can be constructed with the ability to retain the force of lateral earth pressure created by the backfill soil.
Segmental retaining walls can be installed in a wide variety of colors, sizes, and textures. They can incorporate straight or curved lines, steps, and corners. They are ideal for not only slope support, but also for widening areas that would otherwise be unusable due to the natural slope of the land. Retaining walls are often used for grade changes, and for other functional reasons such as widening driveways, walkways, or creating more space in a patio outdoor area.
Segmental retaining walls offer many advantages:
- rapid construction
- horizontal and vertical curvatures
- easy grade changes
- a wide variety of colors, sizes and textures
- no need for a concrete footing
Some segmental systems use steel or fiberglass pins, clips or integral lips to create a continuous facing system. Some blocks are hollow, some are solid. Just about all block systems permit backfill drainage through the face joints.
Segmented Retaining Walls – Ventura, Camarillo, Santa Barbara
Our Landscaping Ideas of Greatness today focuses on Segmental Retaining Walls. Scarlett’s Landscape, Inc has installed many of these walls in the Ventura and Santa Barbara area, most recently completing two projects in Carpinteria and Oakview, which is near Ojai. These are also commonly referred to as keystone walls because Keystone produces an amazing collection of these types of blocks and is one of the country’s largest producers of this product.
Segmental Walls accomplish the same task as block walls, brick walls, and concrete walls. Segmental retaining walls consist of modular concrete blocks that interlock with each other. They are used to hold back a sloping face of soil to provide a solid, vertical front. Without adequate retention, slopes can cave, slump or slide. With the unique construction of segmental retaining walls, higher and steeper walls can be constructed with the ability to retain the force of lateral earth pressure created by the backfill soil.
Segmental retaining walls can be installed in a wide variety of colors, sizes, and textures. They can incorporate straight or curved lines, steps, and corners. They are ideal for not only slope support, but also for widening areas that would otherwise be unusable due to the natural slope of the land. Retaining walls are often used for grade changes, and for other functional reasons such as widening driveways, walkways, or creating more space in a patio outdoor area.
Segmental retaining walls offer many advantages:
- rapid construction
- horizontal and vertical curvatures
- easy grade changes
- a wide variety of colors, sizes and textures
- no need for a concrete footing
Some segmental systems use steel or fiberglass pins, clips or integral lips to create a continuous facing system. Some blocks are hollow, some are solid. Just about all block systems permit backfill drainage through the face joints.
Let Scarlett’s Landscape, Inc design a segmental retaining wall for you and make use of that troublesome hillside or create more space and focal points for your outdoor paradise. Some examples of past projects in Oxnard, Camarillo, and Thousand Oaks are in the photos above.