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Residential excavating can enrich your property by improving drainage and accommodating home additions. It’s also essential for building retaining walls, features worth considering for your landscaping. Here are a few reasons to have a professional add them to your property. 

Why Should Your Landscape Have Retaining Walls?

1. Supports Soil 

Erosion occurs when wind or water moves soil from one area to another. This process renders the soil less fertile while contaminating or clogging nearby water sources. With its terraces, retaining walls impede the path of wind and water so that they have less effect on the soil. 

If there are hills on your property, soil is more prone to sliding from the top to the bottom in wet weather. Retaining walls will hold the soil in place during rainy conditions. 

2. Controls Flooding 

An excavator will install drainage pipes or hoses beneath the retaining walls to direct excess water away from the terraces and to the ground. This helps to prevent flooding on your property. By reducing the steepness of a hill slope, retaining walls further encourage water to become absorbed into the soil rather than run off and pool at the bottom of the incline. 

3. Simplifies Maintenance 

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Lawns require regular and time-consuming maintenance. Because of the space taken up by the stone or brick retaining walls, there’s less vegetation that demands watering, weeding, or mowing. 

When you cut the grass, you’ll have an easier time navigating the mower on flat, divided levels of ground rather than hills. Beyond that, you may only need to replace a stone or brick every once in a while. 

4. Provides Aesthetic Value 

Retaining walls also add charm to your landscaping. The stones or bricks have an orderly appearance, and you can plant flowers, trees, shrubs, and vines to infuse your yard with beautiful hues. Some perennials ideal for Missouri's climate include purple coneflowers, Virginia bluebells, and black-eyed Susans.

You can also use the terraces to plant vegetables, berries, and spices for cooking. Tomatoes, bell peppers, and spinach are popular to grow during the warmer months in Missouri. The level surfaces provided by retaining walls also make these areas ideal for decorating with elegant statues or fountains. 

 

If you're interested in a retaining wall for your property, contact Raven Excavating & Contracting, LLC, in Wright City, MO. This residential excavating contractor will expertly build the walls best suited for your property’s layout and style. Their commitment to quality work and customer service is the reason they’re an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau®. Call (314) 210-9914 to discuss your landscaping ideas, or visit them online to learn more about this residential excavating service's retaining walls.

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