Retaining Walls
Beautiful as the hilly terrain of Northeast TN and Southwest VA is, often as not, it creates a landscaping problem. Thankfully, it's a problem that is usually quite easy to solve with some form of retaining wall. Retaining walls are very versatile in what they do. Sometimes they don't even have to hold anything back, just be there to look pretty and add some character to a landscape. The pictures below are excellent examples of the various functions of retaining walls.
Old Forge block wall (light load-bearing)
Double timber walls holding back unstable hillside
(extreme load-bearing)
Double Timber Walls with built-in bench supporting driveway (heavy load bearing)
Old Old Forge block wall with steep curves (light load bearing)
Terraced timber walls (Decorative - non-load bearing)
Timber wall holding back deteriorating swimming pool foundation (heavy load bearing)
Timber wall holding stable hillside off of driveway
(medium load bearing)
(medium load bearing)
Double Versa-Lok block walls supporting driveway
(heavy load bearing)
(heavy load bearing)
Belgard Country Manor Block Retaining Wall
(Free-Standing non load bearing)