WoodBlocX - retaining walls

When it comes to retaining walls and terracing, safety and durability are the main concerns. Stone may be the obvious choice, but it is expensive, and many budgets simply cannot afford it. The cheapest option is timber boards, but these will warp and distort over time, are often impregnated with nasty preservatives that many clients will not want, and are not very aesthetically pleasing. However, modular timber constructions, such as the unique WoodBlocX system, have none of these problems.

WoodBlocX walls are built with many individual pieces of timber (rather like bricks), that are pinned together using plastic dowels. Each piece of timber – selected to use only the strongest parts of the tree and never the heart - is then pressure treated twice, and because they are pre-drilled, the treatment penetrates almost 100% of the wood. A WoodBlocX wall can be expected to last for at least 15 years, probably more. The dowels can each withstand 0.9 tonnes of sheer force, and the walls are strong under both tension and compression, so in some cases, they are actually stronger than the stone alternative.