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1. Marveling at Walls that have (Y) ears
O
nce, a priest had been given the charge of a garden within a temple,
because he loved the flowers and trees. A smaller temple lay adjacent to
this temple. An old Zen master looked after the smaller temple. One day,
the priest of the bigger temple expected some visitors and thus, spent his time
pulling the weeds, trimming the shrubs, combing the moss and raking up all the dry
autumn leaves. While he worked, he saw that the old Zen master across the wall
had been watching his activities with great interest. Finally, he had tidied the garden
and he stood back to admire the fruit of his labors. “Isn’t it beautiful,” he said to the
old Zen master. The master replied, “Undoubtedly. But something seems to be
missing. Help me across the wall and I will set it right.” The priest helped the master
over the wall. The old master walked toward the tree in the center of the garden and
began shaking it vigorously. Dry leaves fell all over the garden and as the priest
watched this in utter astonishment, the old master said, “Now it looks perfectly fine
and completely natural. The beauty of nature cannot be surpassed by anything.”
While that closing statement by the master cannot be refuted, the fact remains that
there might be occasions when manmade structures need to be designed so as to
enhance the beauty of a house or landscape. A Retaining Wall Installation 15237
provides a suitable example. RetainingWallPittsburgh.com can be defined as being
a structure designed to restrain soil to unnatural slopes. Used to bound soils
between two different elevations, retaining walls can be found predominantly in
areas possessing undesirable slopes or areas where the landscape needs to be
shaped severely for more specific purposes i.e. hillside farming or roadway
overpasses. Retaining walls can be of 4 types:
• Gravity walls: These depend on their mass to resist pressure and could be
made of stone or concrete.
• Cantilevered walls: Made from an internal stem of steel-reinforced, cast-in
concrete, these walls cantilever loads to a large, structural footing thereby
converting horizontal pressures from behind the wall to vertical pressures on
to the ground below.
• Sheet Pile Retaining walls: Primarily used in soft soil areas or tight spaces,
these can be made of steel, vinyl or wood planks driven into the ground.
• Anchored walls: These can be constructed in any of the above-mentioned 3
styles. However, they include an additional strength using cables or other
stays anchored in the rock or soil behind it, which have been driven into the
material with boring.
Steel City Landscape Serving (Pittsburgh, PA) has over 17 years of experience in
building retaining walls in addition to providing a variety of landscape installation
services. A reason behind why people opt for their experience could well be their 5-
year construction guarantee on retaining walls. With a guarantee like that, you can
be assured that their walls have (y)-ears!
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