The beautiful color of this cedar wood retaining wall by @tedmade.woodwork shows off the plants on both sides. A wood retaining wall is a more cost-effective choice than stone or concrete, but lacks ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN--(Marketwired - Feb 17, 2015) - Allan Block has released a large upgrade to their design software for segmental retaining walls. AB Wall Design Software is a comprehensive design tool ...

This article describes a low cost method of building insulated basement walls without concrete, using geotextiles. Typical basement walls are expensive and use large amounts of concrete, a major ...

Last week I wrote about my recent trip to Southern California. I was fortunate to spend time with a dear friend and his wife. I don’t know that I’ve ever met a person who’s more in love with a home ...

Deep basements are becoming quite common in central business districts, downtown and prime high-rise developments where the land area is limited and costly. It is also common in cities which have ...