Retaining Walls Atlanta
Retaining walls Atlanta, built by ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete, are some of the most practical and useful landscape features you can add to your home today. Retaining walls for your Atlanta home built by premier stone wall contractor ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete can be a welcome addition to any home’s landscape and hardscape design. Incorporating retaining walls into your Atlanta home’s landscape and hardscape design is one of our top contractor specialties for adding design and dimension to your home's outdoor spaces. We are a stone wall contractor in Atlanta that can design and create retaining walls for you that will put you at the forefront of one of the hottest new home landscape and hardscape design trends in Atlanta. Retaining walls perfectly executed by us as a contractor can add lasting beauty to your Atlanta home's landscape and hardscape designs by using textured surfaces such as stone, brick or stucco, or by using any combination thereof. Retaining walls in landscape design are one of the most visually pleasing landscape and hardscape additions you can add to your Atlanta home’s outdoor design. Retaining walls built of stone and combinations of other materials, such as wood, brick or stucco, can visually enhance the beauty of your Atlanta home's landscape and hardscape design. When designing any new retaining wall project, our foremost job as a contractor is to educate our Atlanta clients not only as to the many facets within the construction of their home's new retaining walls projects and renovations, but also about what is involved with each facet of the design and installation of new stone, masonry, brick, wood or stucco retaining walls for your Atlanta home. We can help you select the material, in this case, stone, brick, wood, or stucco, along with designing and building the perfect retaining walls to accommodate your home's outdoor landscape and hardscape design. Our many, many years of experience as a retaining walls contractor creating stonework projects in Atlanta, Georgia with our own hands, creates a trust between you, the client, and us, the contractor. Contact us today for a consultation @ 770-345-2686
Retaining Walls Contractor Atlanta
Retaining walls, as a contractor here in Atlanta, Georgia are one of our companies many specialties. We are an expert contractor that can design, create and incorporate retaining walls into your Atlanta home's exterior landscape and hardscape design. Retaining walls constructed by a professional contractor is the best way to add the hottest new landscape and hardscape trends to your home in the Atlanta area today. A contractor who deals with constructing retaining walls on a daily basis is the best person to know the best way to implement retaining walls into your landscape and hardscape design in your Atlanta home. A professional contractor such as ourselves can integrate new retaining walls design into your landscape and hardscape projects that are striking, impressive and unique. Designers and homeowners can request fresh new retaining walls design ideas to compliment your Atlanta home. We can integrate mixtures of multiple colors and finishes, and can provide larger retaining walls for specialized outdoor landscape and hardscape project design. As a contractor we can add the beauty of retaining walls to your Atlanta home. Our retaining walls projects in Atlanta and throughout the South have been voted as top notch by all of our Atlanta, Georgia, North Atlanta, Buckhead, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Marietta, Alpharetta, Milton, Cumming, Woodstock, Johns Creek, Duluth, Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Virginia Highlands, Vinings, Morningside, Lenox, Chastain, and Smyrna, GA clients. As an expert contractor, we can design and install retaining walls projects for you in the Atlanta area that will serve you in beauty, design and function for many years to come. Stone wall, brick, wood and stucco retaining walls design is where our artistry in design meets with our mastery of technique and quality in our Atlanta area stone retaining walls construction projects. We are a contractor that is a master of the work that we do and our finished retaining walls projects in Atlanta utilizing the beauty of stone and other materials speak for themselves.
Atlanta Retaining Walls
There are many factors to consider when hiring an Atlanta retaining walls contractor to complete a project using stone, brick, wood or stucco outside of your home. In Atlanta, as retaining walls design professionals, we understand and use good exterior home landscape and hardscape design principles. As an Atlanta retaining walls contractor we provide our customers with design and construction in retaining walls that is unique, beautiful and lasting. As an Atlanta retaining walls contractor for more than twenty six years, we can educate you as to the myriad of retaining walls and Masonry options available for any retaining walls projects you may desire for your Atlanta home. There are many types of stone masonry, brick, wood or stucco that can be used for your home's exterior landscape and hardscape retaining walls design, such as natural stone, pavers, brick, wood, concrete and tile. We, as an Atlanta retaining walls contractor can provide you with multiple stone and other material retaining walls options for your environment that speak to your own personality. You can select from many different materials, even different colors, for retaining walls in the different areas of your home's exterior facade, landscape and hardscape design. We can give you a great understanding of the advantages of using stone masonry or other materials for retaining walls outside your Atlanta home and show you examples of the beauty that we as a stone contractor can provide you with creating retaining walls to accent your home's exterior landscape and hardscape designs.
The modern contractor of retaining walls masonry undergoes comprehensive training, both in the classroom and in the working environment. Hands-on skills complemented by intimate knowledge of each stone type, its application and best uses, and how to work and fix each stone in place. As master masons, we are skilled and competent to carry out one or all of the various branches of retaining walls masonry. As an Atlanta retaining walls contractor, our skills are both specialized and adaptable towards any retaining walls masonry project we might encounter.
The term retaining walls encompasses many things. We are a full service turnkey company for providing excellence involving anything having to do with stone or stone masonry retaining walls . The following is just a partial listing of all of the retaining walls services our company can provide for you as an Atlanta stone retaining walls masonry contractor:
Ø Curved Flagstone Retaining Walls
Curved flagstone retaining walls can be so much more appealing than just a straight wall! Gracefully curved flagstone retaining walls can add a stylish flourish to a backyard patio or landscape design. Circular retaining walls can create a sense of enclosure and privacy even though a retaining wall is low.
Ø Dry-Stacked Stone Retaining Walls
Asian-inspired design can be enhanced with the use of a dry-stacked stone style. A dry-stacked stone wall looks extremely natural. The natural spaces between stones in a dry-stacked retaining wall allow water to drain through, relieving pressure. Another advantage of dry-stacked stone walls is that you can create planting pockets for small rock garden plants such as sedums.
Ø Flagstone Retaining Walls
Slim flagstone stones stacked into low retaining walls make an attractive way to delineate space and add a sense of structure to a backyard landscape. Differences in flagstone thicknesses make it nearly impossible to build flagstone retaining walls with an exact horizontal top. It's much easier to fit the flagstones without regard to thickness, and then choose flat pieces to create a level top. Low flagstone retaining walls can provide additional outdoor seating or a platform on which to display potted plants.
Ø Loose-Stone Retaining Walls
You can landscape steep slopes with a terrace of loose-stone retaining walls. Sedimentary flat stones, such as ashlar and flagstone, are among the easiest to use when building a wall of this type. Unlike other types of retaining walls, stacked-stone walls don't need drainage systems because water escapes naturally through the cracks between the stones.
Ø Low Stone Retaining Walls
Low stone retaining walls can create a clear barrier along property lines without blocking the view. low stone retaining walls made of different shapes and sizes of stone add textural visual interest to a home's landscape and hardscape design. These retaining walls can also be topped with pots and containers.
Ø Mortared Fieldstone Retaining Walls
Fieldstone retaining walls make an attractive and natural wall that complements many home styles. Steps can be made from fieldstones and flagstones to compliment the retaining walls design .
Ø Mortared Stone Retaining Walls
Mortared stone retaining walls can be sized to fit any landscape. Sturdy mortared stone retaining walls hold in a natural slope that has been terraced to accommodate planting beds. Stone is an ideal choice for garden retaining walls because it provides sturdy, yet natural-looking building materials.
Ø Retaining Wall Ideas and Designs
There are different applications for retaining walls and the types of materials that you use will depend on the look you are after. Both stone and masonry products make up a big portion of what is used today, though some wood applications exist, too. Different retaining walls designs and looks exist that can provide you with a variety of front yard and backyard landscaping ideas. Wood retaining walls consist of several types.
One is to create a type of ‘panel’ where there is a span of wood – with support posts – holding back the dirt. In another type of wood wall, the use of railroad ties side-by-side creates the wall. Railroad ties are a bit more of a dated look and can carry the risk of having the harmful chemicals used to preserve the wood leech into your soil. If you’re using railroad ties for a raised garden bed or other planter for trees or flowers, this carries the risk of getting into those plants.
Retaining wall ideas need not be limited to these choices, but they do need to support the large mass of dirt, stone, plants and perhaps water, that exists on the other side of that wall. There’s more to most wall styles than a simple barrier for your mulch from sliding off your yard.
For small yards, using retaining walls to create depth and dimension is what it’s all about. Tiered retaining wall design influence where the eye is drawn. Even in a small space, you can use a retaining wall to give you another dimension or height element where there may not have been one before.
Ø Retaining Walls Construction
Drainage is a big issue for retaining walls. Not only will your wall be holding up the dirt and matter behind it, but it also needs to be able to drain the water buildup properly. In some cases, the wall itself may let the water through. In other cases, like near a driveway, drainage must be built into your design.
Retaining walls for a driveway require proper drainage away from a home or neighbor’s property. You also may need the special permits. Water leakage and drainage problems can be your worst nightmare. There is an amazing force to water, even when it is “only” a little bit at a time. Over time, this could lead to large moisture and water problems.
Ø Wood Retaining Walls Design
Wood is one way to build a retaining wall. If you take great care, it can last for quite some time. However, wood will break down. It deteriorates even with the best of care. It’s an organic material and this is what happens to them. You can slow the process by using treated lumber and woods that are more resistant to rot, but this can only buy you so much time. There’s just one problem, wood is so great looking! You can achieve looks combining wood with stone and masonry products.
Ø Stone Retaining Walls
Stone retaining walls can be made of natural stacked stone, dry stone, mortared and stone facade styles of walls. The style of stone you choose will depend on your tastes and also the budget you have. Some natural materials are more costly than others. Another option is to go for a cultured stone product. This is the style that is laid on top of some backing – either a moisture-proof plywood or backer board or right on top of a poured or block concrete wall.
Ø Poured Concrete Retaining Walls
A poured concrete retaining wall will typically give you a more modern or smooth, finished look – depending on the forms. Once complete, the concrete forms are removed and you’re left with a relatively smooth finish that can be treated with a variety of applications, like an acid stain or paint. These types of concrete designs are becoming more and more popular.
Another way is to use more ‘rough’ forms. With these, the wood may leave a pattern or grain on the concrete as it cures. Then, when finished, the concrete will retain that pattern. You cannot achieve this look with a pre-formed concrete retaining wall block. Similar patterns can be achieved on patio floors. If traditional patio pavers are not your style, then consider this option to blend in with your wall.
Ø Recycled and Urban Materials Retaining Walls
With trends in home landscaping and hardscape design towards using more sustainable materials, using recycled products make great sense. You may also opt for steel retaining walls that develop a rusty ‘patina’ as it ages.
Another eco-friendly look is the gabion. These retaining walls are made of river rock that is enclosed in a metal cage. The same great urban look can be achieved by using steel that is not galvanized, so it will be allowed to rust. These retaining walls look great in a variety of settings.
Ø Simple Stone Retaining Walls
Simple stone retaining walls can be stacked of native stone. Using native stones can help the retaining walls ‘blend’ in more with the surrounding landscape and hardscape elements.
Stone retaining walls don't have to be tall or mortared. Simple dry-laid planter boxes can be made of large flat stones. Simple stone retaining walls can be built using a variety of stone types with flat surfaces that stack easily. Low retaining walls can be stacked using three to four layers of stones.
Ø Stacked Block Retaining Walls
Stacked block retaining walls can be constructed out of manufactured materials, such as concrete blocks, which make ideal building materials for smooth and uniform walls. The smooth lines of a well-constructed concrete block wall establish a firm landscape boundary and can complement the clean lines of the home and landscape. Walls like this create a clear delineation of space.
Ø Stone Block Retaining Walls
Stone blocks are commonly used to concrete retaining walls. There are different colors – like browns and red hues, too – grey is one of the more accessible choices. When it comes to walls, anything goes. Informal stone retaining walls can be made with large stacked stones.
Ø Undulating Fieldstone Retaining Walls
Undulating stone retaining walls create a barrier while looking stylish at the same time. Fieldstone offers a natural material for garden retaining walls. You can either dry stack stone or use mortar to hold it together. (Dry-stacked retaining walls should be no taller than 4 feet.) For a natural garden backdrop, stone retaining walls offer a classic and long-lasting option.
Whatever type of retaining walls you decide on for your Atlanta hardscape and landscape design, you can rest assured they will add lasting beauty to your home’s outdoor environment.
Why ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete Retaining Walls ?
Ø ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete provides Creative Retaining Walls Design, Quality Stone Craftsmanship & Excellent Service
Ø ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete is a premier Atlanta licensed home remodeling firm bringing you an experienced team to design and build your next retaining walls project. We are unique for a number of reasons.
Ø ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete is a turnkey retaining walls solution. As a Design/Build firm, ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete is responsible for your complete satisfaction including the creative design, budgeting and quality retaining walls construction. We strive to match the aesthetics of your house while bringing the project in on budget and on time. We provide complete responsibility for your entire project. This means peace of mind for you, the client.
Ø ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete helps you control your retaining walls BUDGET. We understand keeping costs down is a priority for most people. That is why we present budgets and plan your project together with you every step of the way. We bid out every project to remain competitive and relevant. We can and will help you get the most for your money.
Ø ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete offers a Full Service Selection of custom design options to assist you in your selections for retaining walls jobs, small and large alike. Staffed by our knowledgeable professionals our showroom offers a full selection textured surfaces such as stone, brick, wood or stucco, or using any other combination thereof.
Ø There is NO DELAY between design of your retaining walls and construction. We are prepared to begin construction as soon as you are comfortable with the design and the budget. You don’t have to wait for a lengthy bid process that could delay construction by several months.
Ø ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete is committed to your SATISFACTION as well as to our own HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS. We will make sure the job is completed on time and at or under budget. Our company’s level of success can only be achieved by providing quality services at a good value.
Ø Arnold Masonry and Concrete has weighed in as a premier contracting firm in Atlanta. Arnold Masonry and Concrete has been featured within nationwide magazines as well as venues such as "The Garden and Patio Show" and has been a member of Dunn and Bradstreet since 1985. We are a fully licensed company, with $4,000,000.00 in liability insurance, and full worker's compensation.
Ø We are a licensed contractor and have active memberships in local and national professional associations, including the Building Trades Association/Top 5 star rated Hardscape pick-Atlanta HOMESERVICES REVIEW/ NARI, National Association of the Remodeling Industry (to name a few).These memberships keep our firm's employees on the leading edge of information, training, and trends for our customers.
Ø Better Business Bureau A+ rating! ANGIE'S LIST 2011 SUPER SERVICE AWARD WINNER!
When looking for an Atlanta retaining walls contractor, trust in ARNOLD Masonry and Concrete as your for all of your home renovation, stone masonry and stonework needs as well as all other forms of pool deck, outdoor kitchen construction, stone patios, Atlanta masonry, Atlanta hardscape, and Atlanta landscape. Mr. Arnold is an Atlanta Master Mason of over 26 years and along with his crews of Master Masons offers you the superior and premier art of stonework, stone masonry and all forms of masonry skill and knowledge necessary to provide you with the best landscape and hardscape retaining walls, hands down!
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