I am going to be putting in a 3 foot high retaining wall, which will have a linered pond behind it (~ 10'x20').
My original plan was to put a CMU block wall and face it with natural stone, but I have been reading most places that segmented retaining walls are usually easier, cheaper, and better than CMU block walls.
The problem is that I really want a look of natural stone.
Would it be possible to put a nearly vertical 3 foot segmented retaining wall in and then mortar natural stone on the face of it? Or would this ruin the drainage and structural integrity of the segmented retaining wall?
edit: Also, I should mention that I don't have large enough stones or large enough quantity of natural stones to build the entire wall out of them.
My original plan was to put a CMU block wall and face it with natural stone, but I have been reading most places that segmented retaining walls are usually easier, cheaper, and better than CMU block walls.
The problem is that I really want a look of natural stone.
Would it be possible to put a nearly vertical 3 foot segmented retaining wall in and then mortar natural stone on the face of it? Or would this ruin the drainage and structural integrity of the segmented retaining wall?
edit: Also, I should mention that I don't have large enough stones or large enough quantity of natural stones to build the entire wall out of them.