About the service
Sloped yards, leaning old retaining walls, and standing water after every storm are problems I solve every week. I design and build retaining walls that actually last — segmental block, natural stone, or poured concrete — sized correctly for the soil load behind them and the height you need. Before the first course goes down, I strip the sod, grade the slope, and compact a proper gravel base, because a wall that starts crooked stays crooked. The first row is set dead level and true to a string line — it dictates the geometry of everything above it. Each following course steps back with the correct batter for stability, and for walls taller than three feet I tie geogrid reinforcement into the backfill so the structure resists lateral soil pressure instead of bowing outward in a year or two. Drainage is not an afterthought here — it is half the job. I install perforated drain pipe behind the wall, wrap it in filter fabric, backfill with clean crushed drainage stone instead of native clay, and place weep holes at the correct spacing so hydrostatic pressure never builds up behind the blocks. I've rebuilt more than one collapsed wall where the original builder skipped drainage entirely and paid for it within a season. Whether you need a low garden terrace wall, a driveway retaining wall, or a full slope stabilization with tiered walls and a drainage swale tying into daylight, I scope the job on site, walk you through material options and their trade-offs, and give you a firm written price before any digging starts. Compaction testing, site cleanup, and a final walkthrough are included at completion, along with photos of the drainage layer before it gets covered.
