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Retaining Walls - Natural Stone

A natural feel can be obtained with landscape boulders or limestone. There has been a huge demand from the commercial landscape industry for natural stone products which tightens the supply and makes natural products unreasonably priced for many residential customers. The labor to install a retaining wall with natural products is also quite high compared to other materials because every piece of stone is different. It is very time consuming to piece together boulders or limestone. However, if the customer is willing to accept the cost, natural stone adds an extra touch to the landscape and in some cases is the only product that will work in certain astetic situations.

Natural walls cannot be built to the height of segmental unit walls or timber walls due to the fact that you are just stacking materials. The only thing holding the wall up is the actual weight of the block itself. Limestone walls cannot be built much over 2-4' in height due to this fact.

 
 

 

 


Limestone Wall Stone
Size: 6" x 8" x 4'

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