I just finished building a concrete retaining wall in my front yard. I made it from broken up, excavated concrete pieces, that otherwise would have gone into a landfill.
The contractor who was ripping it up from a neighbor's yard was happy to dump it in my yard rather than having to pay to haul it and dump it in a landfill. He saved time and money. I just saved money.
I live in a house with a front yard that's sunny, but sloped too much for growing vegetables. I built the wall to terrace part of the yard behind it. I'm very pleased with the results.
Click on the link below to see a slideshow of how I built it. Stop the slides and mouse over each description to read the complete text.
http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk271/greggrice/Front%20Yard%20Renovation/?albumview=slideshow
2 comments:
What an awesome project! It's amazing that you could do so much and have it look so perfectly planned with concrete that was just going to be thrown away.
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