Retaining walls are basically the quiet heroes of all landscaping and outdoor construction. They’re in place to prevent rain damage and not impact your property. They will eliminate erosion and are great solutions to level out areas. They create great flat, usable, and easy to use areas to places like your backyard, driveways and walkways. Most importantly, they help with drainage solutions and prevent major erosion from happening. They can be built using decorative concrete blocks, poured concrete, CMU block, treated timbers, rocks or natural stone boulders. All will retain back soil and are great options. Others have a shorter life span, but are more cost effective.

Common materials used for walls:

• Decorative Split Face block

• Concrete Blocks

• Poured Concrete

• Natural Stone

• Pressure Treated Wood

• Rocks or Boulders