A retaining wall can offer both functional and aesthetic benefits for your yard. Here's the lowdown on the two different types of concrete retaining walls.

A: Poured concrete and concrete block are the two foundation types that dominate the residential-construction industry here in the USA. I've built buildings using both materials.

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.

The builder is giving me the option of a poured concrete or concrete block foundation. There’s not a huge difference in price, but I’m more concerned about the durability and strength over the ...

Rich Kubica, owner of K-Wall Poured Walls, LLC has spent his entire life in the concrete foundation and wall business. In fact, one could say Kubica is a visionary for what a foundation and wall ...

This thin coating of cement stucco on a poured concrete wall has fallen off. Two simple techniques would have prevented it from happening. (Tim Carter/TNS) Perspective by Tim Carter My wife and I ...

Q. Tim, I’m flummoxed. I’m about to build a large detached garage. The plans call for a 10-inch-thick by 20-inch-wide poured concrete footing with two ½-inch steel bars that run continuously ...