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	Name:	magator2 -
	Subject:	Retaining wall
	Date:	7/2/2008 10:08:13 AM

We just paid a fortune to have four large retaining walls built of railroad ties removed from our property. As has already been addressed, who does the installation is very important. Railroad ties have a ten to twenty year life span in my experience and attract palmetto bugs. I couldn't stand the giant flying cockroaches so we had the ties removed. It was amazing how quickly the population diminished. If you use dry stack stones or any of the modular concrete walls and there are spaces between the blocks expect the scorpions and black widows to enjoy the new habitat. We put in one type of wall and two years later had to move it. We found a very healthy population of the critters that love the crevice lifestyle. I recommend a poured concrete wall with a stone veneer.