Freestanding & Retaining Wall Blocks
Strong and durable, yet easy to install, Belgard offers a versatile selection of concrete wall blocks to complement your landscaping, patio or even your mailbox. Our residential wall pavers are suitable for both stone retaining walls and freestanding features such as outdoor kitchens or built-in seating.
When selecting the right wall for your outdoor landscape, it's important to know what type you need. Retaining walls and freestanding walls both serve different purposes, and Belgard has wall blocks to match your desired look and functionality.
Freestanding Walls vs. Retaining Walls
One of the most common scenarios that calls for a freestanding wall versus a retaining wall is whether a home is positioned on flat or sloping ground. Retaining walls are required for slopes and structural purposes, as they use footings to hold a wall in place and better retain soil. Although they are most common for homes built on hills or sloping properties, retaining wall blocks also provide creative design options for planter areas, elevated landscapes, and other more visual applications.
Conversely, freestanding walls are better used when the ground is flat and design aesthetics outweigh soil stabilization and functionality. While they still lend to limitless design possibilities, freestanding wall blocks are more commonly used to divide landscapes into different areas, helping to break-up open space and add visual interest to yard. Like retaining walls, freestanding walls can be used for potted plants, seating, and other practical purposes. And because freestanding walls a shorter in stature, they do not require installation of footings or additional drainage.
Retaining Wall Colors and Textures
Belgard offers a full line of landscape wall products and concrete pavers in natural color blends to complement any color scheme. And with textures that emulate the look of tumbled stone, stacked stone, chiseled stone or quarried stone, there’s a look to complement any architectural style.
Landscape Wall Project Ideas
In addition to retaining walls, project ideas include outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, stone mailboxes, stone water features, outdoor kitchens, built-in seating, built-in planters, pillars and garden walls of various heights. Our wall blocks can also be used to wrap columns, hide utilities, build steps and more.
Applications:
With the look of split stone, the AB Collection blends naturally into any terrain to address various grade changes and create stunning landscapes. Use block sizes individually, or blend sizes to create an ashlar pattern.
COLORS
SPECS
AB Classic - 6º Setback
8 x 18 x 12
AB Jumbo Junior - 6º Setback
8 x 9 x 9 1/2
AB Classic Corner
8 x 16 x 8
Available Left & Right
AB Cap
4 x 17 1/2 x 12
AB Stone - 12º Setback
8 x 18 x 12
Special Order
U Start Block
3 1/2 x 18 7/16 x 12
Special Order
Note: U Start Base Block actual coverage length is 16 11/16
Applications:
Ashlar Tandem is a wall system that creates a unique modular look and can be used in many ways: retaining walls, pillars, double-sided walls, benches and steps. This revolutionary wall replicates the look of natural stone.
Ashlar Tandem was a featured product in the HGTV Dream Home 2019 & 2020.
COLORS
SPECS
Ashlar Unit 1
7 x 13 3/16 x 2 5/8
Ashlar Unit 2
7 x 15 13/16 x 2 5/8
Ashlar Unit 3
7 x 18 7/16 x 2 5/8
Tandem Wall Cap
3 1/4 x 24 x 15
U Start Base Block
3 1/2 x 18 7/16 x 12
* Note: U Start Base Block actual coverage length is 16 11/16"
Tandem Modular Block
7 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8
Tandem Modular Block Clips
Clips Included with Tandem Modular Blocks
Modular Grid Frame
Height 42"
Column Frame
21 x 21 x 42
Tandem Column Cap
24 x 24 x 3 1/4
8" Connector
Applications:
Belair Wall offers the sophisticated appearance of chiseled stone and is ideal for a variety of landscaping uses, as well as constructing outdoor living rooms, fire features and kitchens.
Belair Wall Block & Cap was a featured product in the HGTV Dream Home 2018.
COLORS
SPECS
6" Freestanding Wall
6 x 8/6 x 11
6" Freestanding Wall
6 x 16/14 x 11
Wall End
6 x 8 x 11
Cap End
3 x 8 x 13 1/2
Cap
3 x 7 / 8 x 13 1/2
Corner/Column
6 x 16 x 8
U Start Base Block
3 1/2 x 18 7/8 x 12
Note: U Start Base Block coverage is 16 11/16
Applications:
Brookshire™ Wall combines the rugged look of split stone with the simplicity of a modular pin system. This multiple-size and multi-height system offers contractors unlimited design flexibility to create retaining and freestanding walls with either a random look or a variety of patterns.
Tumbled Brookshire is only available in 6" - special order.
Ashlar Tandem Column was a featured product in the HGTV Dream Home 2021.
COLORS
SPECS
Brookshire™ Wall - 3"
3 x 6 / 4 x 9
3 x 12 / 10 x 9
3 x 16 / 14 x 9
Brookshire™ Wall - 6"
6 x 6 / 4 x 9
6 x 12 / 10 x 9
6 x 16 / 14 x 9
Brookshire™ Wall - 3" Corner/Column
3 x 15 / 14 x 9
Brookshire™ Wall - 6" Corner/Column
6 x 15 / 14 x 9
Radian Multi-Piece Cap
3 x 8 7/8 Front / 6 1/2 Back x 12
3 x 11 3/4 Front / 9 1/2 Back x 12
3 x 14 3/4 Front / 12 1/2 Back x 12
XL™ Cap
3 x 18 / 12 x 13
Anchor™ Pins
5” L x .05” dia.
Sold Separately
U Start Base Block
3 1/2 x 18 7/16 x 12
Note: U Start Base Block actual coverage length is 16 11/16
Applications:
Contractors choose Diamond Pro wall systems due to their time-tested strength. Diamond Pro PS utilizes a pin system as a location device in installation.
Available in Victorian™ Face only.
COLORS
SPECS
Victorian Face Unit
8 x 18 x 12
Corner
8 x 18 x 9
4" Universal Cap
4 x 17 1/4 / 12 x 10 3/8
Fiberglass pins
5 x 1/2 diameter
U Start Base Block
3 1/2 x 18 7/16 x 12
Note: U Start Base Block actual coverage length is 16 11/16"
Applications:
Inspired by the look of natural, unearthed stone, the Diamond Pro PS Quarried Face pairs the time-tested strength of a Diamond Pro® retaining wall system with the installation ease of a pin locator.
COLORS
SPECS
Diamond Pro® PS Quarried Face
8 x 18 x 12
Quarried Face Corner
8 x 18 x 9
Quarried Cap
4 x 17 1/4 / 12 x 10 3/8
U Start Base Block
3 1/2 x 18 7/16 x 12
U Start Base Block actual coverage length is 16 11/16"
Fiberglass Pins
5” L x .05” dia.
Sold Separately
Applications:
The rough-hewn distressed look and easy installation system have made Diamond 9D a favorite for residential wall projects. The system is topped with a coordinating cap unit.
COLORS
SPECS
Diamond 9D Unit
6 x 17 3/4 x 9
6” Stone Cut Corner
6 x 18 x 9
Step Unit
6 x 16 x 12
XL™ Cap
3 x 18 / 12 x 13
U Start Base Block
3 1/2 x 18 7/16 x 12
U Start Base Block actual coverage length is 16 11/16"
Applications:
The flexibility of the Tandem Modular Block system allows interconnection of structural units by using their tenon and mortise features. This has the advantage of being able to build stronger walls by adding units in the back.
Features & Benefits
- Three different veneer face styles.
- Design flexibility.
- Better stability during installation.
- Limited job site space solution.
- Connecting multiple blocks together to reinforce to make a higher wall without geogrid.
- Easily construct reinforced corners by connecting multiple blocks.
- One all-purpose plastic connector; retaining wall, double faced wall, setback wall, corners, curved wall and columns.
- Retaining & Freestanding Block Wall Systems
For use with Ashlar Tandem, Lamina Tandem & Melville Tandem blocks.
COLORS
SPECS
Tandem™ Modular Block
7 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8
Universal Clip
5 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 7/8
Applications:
Introducing U Start Base Block™, Belgard's newest product innovation. U Start Base Block™ is a universal base course for walls that promotes cost savings and installation time efficiency.
SPECS
U Start Base Block
12 x 18 7/16 x 3 1/2
* Note: U Start Base Block actual coverage length is 16 11/16"
Applications:
The flexibility of Weston Stone™ is unmatched. With the look of natural tumbled stone, this double-sided wall is ideal for garden walls, pillars, outdoor kitchens, planters and fire features.
COLORS
SPECS
Weston Universal
4 x 8 x 12
U Start Base Block
3 1/2 x 18 7/16 x 12
Note: U Start Base Block actual coverage length is 16 11/16
Inspiration
This interactive experience includes inspirational project photos with the products and color options available in your area.
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