ANCHOR WALL SYSTEMS TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW RETAINING WALL PRODUCTS
Anchor creates beautiful options for easy-to-install and long-lasting retaining walls fashioned from concrete block
Great new options add elegance, interest to do-it-yourself projects

Minneapolis, MN . . . Today's homeowners only need basic tools and supplies to create timeless, long-lasting and attractive walls using the latest products from Anchor Wall Systems, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of patented retaining wall systems.

Anchor Wall Systems will introduce two concrete retaining wall products to complement its Anchor Windsor Stone® blocks.

The new products are Anchor Windsor Stone® Cap, an accessory block that allows homeowners to provide a finished look to the top of a Windsor Stone wall; and Anchor Oxford Stone™, another design option that can be used in alternating courses with Windsor Stone to add visual interest to a wall. Oxford Stone also can be used as a completely new standalone retaining wall option.

Flexible retaining wall solutions
Both products create even more flexibility for concrete retaining walls made out of Anchor Wall Systems products, according to Lynn Barnhart, marketing manager, Anchor Wall Systems. "Since 1990, homeowners have been using Anchor Windsor Stone retaining walls to define and beautify outdoor spaces, and maximize the amount of usable yard area. Now, even more design options are available with Anchor's new Windsor Stone Cap and Oxford Stone," she said.

Anchor Windsor Stone Cap
Beautiful, economical and long lasting, new Anchor Windsor Stone Cap blocks are designed to help homeowners create elegant walls of timeless beauty. "Whether you're building a tree ring or a landscape terrace, you can cap your Anchor Windsor Stone retaining wall with an Anchor Windsor Stone cap for a truly finished look," Barnhart said. Each cap has a split rock face, front and back, to give an appealing look from both directions. The cap units can be used on inside and outside radius curves to naturally follow the arc of a wall.

Anchor Oxford Stone
New Anchor Oxford Stone can be used by itself or in combination with Anchor Windsor Stone to create beautiful, rock-face textured walls. For an attractive accent, the two block designs can be stacked on alternating courses to create unique wall patterns. From retaining walls to larger tree and garden rings, Oxford Stone provides an innovative, low maintenance retaining wall solution. Gravity walls can be built up to 2-1/2 feet.

Ease of Installation
Anchor Windsor Stone and Oxford Stone feature the Anchor Pinless System®, a rear lip on the back of each Anchor block that guides each block into place. The System ensures quick installation, accurate alignment and precise setback using no mortar or pins. To complete a retaining wall using Anchor products, homeowners need basic tools and supplies, such as a wheelbarrow to transport the block, a compactor to ensure firm compaction of the soil as the block is laid, a shovel, tape measure, hammer, chisel, carpenter's level, stakes, string line, safety glasses, gloves and a pencil. The step-by-step techniques are illustrated on installation cards available at Anchor dealers around the country. Anchor Wall Systems will display Anchor Windsor Stone, Windsor Stone Cap, Oxford Stone and other Anchor Wall Systems retaining wall products throughout the National Hardware Show in exhibit booth 20783. A variety of other durable, environmentally friendly and cost-effective Anchor Wall Systems products for home and garden applications also will be on display.

Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., Anchor Wall Systems designs and licenses flexible, cost-effective, high-quality concrete retaining wall solutions for a wide variety of commercial, municipal and residential landscaping applications worldwide. The company's Anchor Diamond®, Anchor Diamond Pro™, Anchor Vertica®, Anchor Vertica Pro®, Anchor Windsor Stone®, Anchor Sahara Stone® and Anchor Border Stone™ brand retaining wall products are supplied by authorized manufacturers in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Sweden. For more information about Anchor products and for the name of a dealer near you, contact Anchor Wall Systems at 1-800-473-4452 or visit www.anchorwall.com.

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