Another advantage of CMU retaining walls is their flexibility. Where a crack is typically a death sentence for a poured wall, a damaged concrete block is easy enough to replace.

Poured concrete foundations also require reinforcing steel if you want the walls to resist the horizontal forces of wet soil. Another key point to remember is that foundation walls buried in the ...

Retaining walls cost between $1,000 and $10,000 for a typical 4-foot by 25-foot wall or around $5,500 on average. ... Poured concrete costs between $23 and $45 per square foot on average.

Q: Tim, I’m desperate.My 1972 house was built in a flood plain. Twice in the last nine years, it’s had two feet of water in it, most recently from Hurricane Florence.

Rich Kubica, owner of K-Wall Poured Walls, LLC has spent his entire life in the concrete foundation and wall business. Like most futurists who have the foresight to take on radical ideas, he ...

Q: A long poured-concrete retaining wall was installed when our home was built 13 years ago. We have come to discover that the home and wall were built using poor methods. Do we have to tear down ...

Contractors looking for an add-on service or an area of diversification may want to consider concrete retaining walls. Three years ago, Cornerstone Foundations, Inc., Harrisonburg, Va., started ...

Pogue Construction is nearing completion of the new $73-million Boyd High School in McKinney, Texas. Opened for classes beginning in fall 2006, Boyd High School is expected to be completed in the fall ...

As a decorative element, we also [used gabion] on the barbecue to tie it all together.” Terraces and walls When using gabions for retaining walls, Port recommends hiring a contractor rather than ...