Why you should consider a timber retaining wall for your outdoor space

By adding a timber retaining wall in your outdoor space, you can help support your terrain and minimise the chance of it collapsing. Retaining walls are vertical, or near-vertical, structures that are designed to prevent soil and residue slipping from natures pull, as well as minimising erosion. The structure is specifically manufactured to withstand external pressures brought about by the retained materials.

What are retaining walls used for?

Whether the use is for domestic or commercial, retaining walls have a variation of uses that can be specifically designed for your personal use. Retaining walls not only serve the functional purpose of preventing erosion and collapse, but they also have popular decorative purposes to layer and landscape your garden. Before you begin designing your wall and choosing the aesthetics, you should the location and environmental factors that can ensure your wall will be the perfect fit for your needs.

Walls can range from small landscape timber retaining walls to surround a garden to enormous soil-retaining projects. The purpose of a concrete retaining wall might be to help control erosion from extreme weather and hard rains, as well as to create a terraced yard to reduce maintenance and upkeep.

Timber retaining walls

A timber retaining wall can provide the helpful functional benefits to your outdoor space, or to give you an aesthetically pleasing garden that you can be proud of. Whether you need treated pine and hardwood products, using timber in your project can have huge advantages. Treated pine retaining walls are an ideal solution when you need to meet a budget. A hardwood retaining wall is for the owner who has a little extra cash to splash, and is seeking a more traditional, prestigious look. Both options will provide a strong structure to retain soil and rock, whilst also creating a garden feature through the beauty of the natural timber.

The benefits of a timber retaining wall include:

  • Durability: Timber is strong enough to withstand the weight of the load that is placed on the wall, not only now, but for the next 20 plus years.
  • Cost effectiveness: Through being long-lasting, and reducing maintenance work, your timber retaining wall can bring great financial benefits in the long run.
  • Natural material use: By using natural materials, your timber retaining wall will look like it belongs in your outdoor space and amplify its beauty.
  • Being environmentally friendly: While we can’t speak for other providers, our timber is sourced from forestry planation’s that are controlled and harvested by responsible commercial organisations.

Retaining wall sleepers

A range of retaining wall sleepers can be chosen from, which all offer a variety of different benefits depending on your needs. At Dyna Group, we have developed innovative approaches to providing sleeper products to each suit a specific purpose.

DynaLock

Foremost in this range is our unique DynaLock™ tongue-and-groove ‘interlocking’ sleeper. This is a premium product and has many features and benefits for both commercial and domestic DIY workers. It works to prevent the individual sleepers moving out of line with each other, will stop dirt coming out from between the sleepers, and will stop weeds growing between the sleepers. This will ensure that over time, your wall will continue to look a class above the rest.

DynaEdge

Our DynaEdge™ range is for the more discerning homeowner and contractor that wants something ‘extra’ added to their outdoor project. It is distinguished by the ‘arrissed’ edges and is developed from a higher grade of feedstock.

Chamfered sleepers

In addition, we have announced a range of ‘Chamfered’ sleepers. These can be used generally as retaining posts and capping and will help set your retaining wall apart.

Dyna Group is the specialist in timber retaining walls

We specialise in timber retaining walls for both functional and decorative purposes, for the domestic and commercial user. Our landscape timber retaining walls provide a strong structure to restrain soil and rock, whilst also creating a feature through the beauty of the natural timber.

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