Our retaining walls have 3 components: Footings, wall structure, and backfill.
We install the proper size poured concrete footing, reinforced with steel rebar. The wall structure is generally concrete block with cells filled with concrete and steel at intervals. Gravel backfill is used along the wall footing, with drainpipe and weepholes in the wall to relieve water pressure. The wall is then faced with the brick or stone material. We employ a structural engineer consultant to design walls over 4' tall.
gravel backfill is key to relieving water pressure against the wall
finished wall
Walls
walled courtyard
interior fieldstonestone wall
fieldstone veneer wall
brown crab orchard
English boulder wall
Mike Garland - specializing in fine masonry - brick and stone - for the landscape Marta Garland - landscape architecture, gardening, landscaping
