Keep drainage outlets clear
If your wall has pipe outlets, keep them free of leaves and soil so water can escape.
Walls engineered to hold the hill, with the drainage behind them that most walls are missing.
Retaining walls hold back soil to create flat, usable space on sloped properties, which are common on the Palisades side of Bergen County. They also prevent erosion and add structure to a landscape.
Most retaining walls that bulge or lean failed because of water pressure behind them. Proper drainage is built into every wall we install.
Every step, so you know what you’re getting and why it’s done that way.
Wall height and location set; NJ One Call (811) contacted before digging.
A trench dug and filled with compacted crushed stone as a level footing.
The bottom row is set partly below grade for stability.
Clean drainage stone and a perforated pipe behind the wall carry water away so pressure can’t build.
Courses stacked with the proper setback; taller walls get geogrid reinforcement layered into the soil.
Capstones adhered and the area behind backfilled and graded.
A 3 to 4-person crew with an excavator and compactor. A typical 30 to 50 ft garden wall takes about 3 to 7 days.
Simple things you can do between visits, including how and when to water.
If your wall has pipe outlets, keep them free of leaves and soil so water can escape.
Don’t add pools, sheds, vehicles or heavy fill near the top of a wall without checking with us first.
Bulging, leaning or new cracks are early signs to have a wall looked at.
We measure, talk through options and send an exact written price. No obligation, and nothing is added later without your OK.
Get My Free QuoteWater. When rain soaks the soil behind a wall with no drainage, the pressure pushes it until it bulges, leans or collapses. Drainage stone and pipe behind the wall prevent that.
Walls over about 4 feet tall, or walls holding up a driveway or structure, generally need an engineered design and a permit. We’ll tell you during the visit.
A properly built segmental block wall with drainage lasts decades.
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