Preliminary considerations before building a stone wall in the garden
First of all, you should find out about the legal regulations in your state and specifically where you live before you even start planning to build a stone wall. Especially along the property line, the restrictions on stone walls can be much more restrictive than would be the case if a green privacy hedge was planted. In the case of a garden on a hillside, the soil drainage factor can also be of particular importance in terms of stability and the dimensions of the necessary foundation. Different types of stone walls are differently suitable for the aesthetic demands of garden owners and also for different privacy screen heights.
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These variants are available
The bandwidth of different stone walls ranges from various construction techniques to the use of differently colored stone types and element sizes. As a rule, the following types of stone walls are found in garden design:
- Dry stone walls made of natural stones
- Masonry screens made of bricks or processed natural stones
- Modern walls made of stone baskets
- Walls with ruin-like, decorative charm
Stone walls are nowadays used as privacy and wind protection for seating areas in the garden and designed on the side ends in the style of a castle ruin. This special look can be achieved, for example, in that window cutouts are shaped irregularly or the lateral end points of the stone wall in the case of bricked-up rows of bricks are provided with a certain irregularity in an ascending or descending manner.
Different types of stone walls as privacy screens
First of all, stone walls represent a higher expenditure of time and usually also financial expenditure than the planting of a privacy hedge. On the other hand, a professionally built stone wall will last for at least a few decades, which is not the case with a living screen or a wooden screen made of pallets. A concrete foundation can usually be dispensed with with dry stone walls; these can also represent a real biotope for various insects and endangered reptile species such as lizards. With appropriate climbing aids for climbing plants, brick walls can be better integrated into the natural design of the garden and acquire a particularly aesthetic charm.
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The fastest and most modern way of erecting a stone wall is the variant with stone baskets. These can usually already be supplied filled with the individually selected type of stone and professionally stacked on top of each other directly by the supplier.
