Even if your site stands on a slope, you should not be upset as all this is reparable. At the correct approach and competent landscaping all problems are solved on time even if the slope is near a fence. Then it is necessary as material for a fence, to use a brick, sandstone, or concrete slabs. Thus the fence will also become that important strengthening slope element. These materials are durable and are not subject to influence of the atmospheric phenomena.
How to strengthen a slope near the house?
For strengthening of a slope near the house there are several checked ways. For example, it is possible to use a terrasirovaniye, that is to create additional walls for a support. Such method received wide popularity in Europe. Such additional walls are durable and serve as a fine decor. Rather often also use such reinforcing elements as logs, geogrid stones, and the other materials which are not allowing to the earth to be showered. Also in it the green hedge thanks to which it is possible to strengthen a slope on the site will be suitable for a solution and considerably to decorate it. It is also possible to use geotextiles. It is the nonwoven fabric which is on sale in rolls. Still there are several popular materials, for example:
- geomat (polymeric material similar to a bast);
- geogrid (the grid with square cells, is used for soil reinforcing);
- geolattice (the most popular material preventing the movement of soil. Is steadier, than a geogrid);
- gabionny designs (an ecological modular system in the form of a mesh box with hexagonal cells for soil reinforcing).
The plants strengthening slopes
If as a way out you chose live natural material from a situation, it is important to know what plants to strengthen a slope. All those which possess strongly developed root system belong to such plants. Nevertheless, they are also recommended to be landed on a slope in the special strengthening designs. Pochvopokrovny plant species (for example, a juniper), are considered as leaders in the field. Also such perennial plants as will approach: acetic tree, ryabinnik, quince, dogrose, deytion, treelike peony, cedar, pine, snezheyagodnik and others. Plants strengthen a slope in the following way: plant roots intertwine among themselves over time, thereby creating effect of strengthener. It also interferes with soil erosion.
And as the cheapest way for strengthening of a slope, it is possible to use usual stones. They are driven directly in the earth, across a slope. But, in that case it is also necessary to consider type of soil and, of course, appearance of a garden. The fact is that other materials strengthening soil mostly are not noticeable on a surface, and here stones, just the opposite. In other words, stones have to just be in harmony with the environment.