There’s something about the beauty of a sandstone retaining wall, especially in Cairns. They looks very natural, classy and stylish, and seem to fit in very well with the North Queensland lifestyle and way of life. A sandstone retaining wall has the ability to make an average looking area of your property into something that will stand out and give your property that little extra to your property. It’s eye catching and if built right, will last the test of time.
As a landscaper, retaining walls are our thing. In the right setting, a sandstone retaining wall, looks classy, clean and fresh, and can add real dollar value to your property. Depending on the size and style of the retaining wall you want, we can meet your requirements and expectations.
Sandstone retaining walls for are not as expensive as some might think, compared to other types of retaining walls. Like all walls, it comes down to the preparation and if you look at the value it can add to your property, it’s well worth it.
You have a couple of options for your wall. A clean cut block sandstone wall is probably the most popular, but you also have other options like a rock retaining wall, or a sandstone block retaining wall.
Sandstone rock retaining walls give you that extra difference and unique appeal. Having all the rocks a different shape looks great on the eye. But can be a little more expensive because of the labour aspect. But it’s well worth it. It’s something to consider anyway.
Costs Of Building A Sandstone Retaining Wall.
To some, it’s not about the cost as you’re looking for a particular look and feel to your property. From my opinion and experience that’s what I’d expect to be the case. But you do have other options. You can choose to go with what is called a B grade sandstone block. All this means is the stone has less cuts than an A grade block, as well as the shape. And yes they are a cheaper option.
Unless you’re some sort of sandstone retaining wall lover, you probably wouldn’t even notice. But, If your after a high quality retaining wall and a certain type, we can also cover that. Overall there’s not going to be much difference, and if budget is a concern we can certainly discuss your options.
I have to say. Sandstone is one of my favourite types of retaining walls, especially here in the Central Coast area where it looks so natural. Even a small sandstone retaining wall can look great with the right style of shrubs and trees can look stunning.
Options Of Your Sandstone Retaining Wall.
Sandstone retaining wall blocks come in a variety of natural shades of colours. Allowing us to match to your overall home feel. This is something we can chat about when your looking to move forward with building your new sandstone retaining wall.
The natural beauty of a sandstone wall with the different colours and the different textures that the sandstone offers, making it often very unique to your property.
How You Can Save On Your Sandstone Retaining Wall.
This is what we do for a living, we know our suppliers and who to go to. We are able to build solid relationships with our suppliers that allow us to have the best options available to us when we need it.
Depending on the size of your retaining wall, you have a number of options. You can go for a small block right up to block stones that can weight up to 300-400 kg. Although, these walls are not the normal, these bad boy’s stand out and are something we cannot do without the right equipment. And at that weight, once the’re in place their not likely to move in a hurry. But mostly we’ll build a sandstone wall with much smaller blocks than that, but as I said you have these options. I will say these larger block stone retaining walls do look grand and definitely do stand out.
All types of sandstone retaining walls are very self supportive. And will drain quite well. They are structurally sound and are pretty much as strong as a house, but they do need more equipment to get the job done. The fact we have experience, also allows us to get the job done in the quickest possible time. But as I said before not all of us will be wanting a wall of this size.
The Beauty Of A Sandstone Retaining Wall.
Of course all our clients are very happy with the work we do. We get great feedback from our sandstone retaining walls. And as i said before they are one of my favourites. There pretty stylish and look great. And remember we can build sandstone retaining walls that require angles. We can shape the walls you meet your landscaping needs.
For anyone who has a sloping block at the front and your looking for a great option to fill out and level land, these are a great option to look at. Remember we are landscapers, so any other landscaping work that needs to be done we can cover that as well.
Quality retaining walls Cairns and the outer areas are what we do. If you need any landscaping or retaining walls built give us a call