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The importance of retaining wall drainage




Retaining walls are an important element in architectural design, playing a vital role not only in aesthetics but also by providing structural integrity to a landscape. Retaining walls allow for steeply sloped masses to be utilised, creating a balance between the walls vertical forces and the lateral forces of the soil above the retaining walls footings. Without preparation, this balance can be unsettled when external influences are placed on the wall, such as rain.

Additional water accumulating within the side of the wall can place stresses on the structural integrity of the wall, and in some cases causing it to collapse. After excessive rain for instance, as the water is collected the hydrostatic pressure also increases. If the overturning movement caused by the increased pressure is more than the resisting vertical forces of the wall, the wall will collapse.

Drainage is used as a means to prevent water from building up against the side of a wall, and as such preventative against a wall from falling from instability caused by water. There are several forms of drainage that can be installed into a retaining wall. These include:

Baines Masonry’s Wall Drain Pro®

At Baines Masonry, we supply a range of supplementary product to help you with your construction and projects from beginning to end. One such product is the Wall Drain Pro® which is a simpler, more effective wall drain. The Wall Drain Pro® provides an improved way to daylight retaining walls by solving water drainage in a visually pleasing way.

The benefits of this innovative product include:

To find out more talk to one of our experts!


 
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