2. To avoid soil shifting and damaging the wall, retaining walls should rest on cut or undisturbed ground, not landfill, and have a footing roughly two times the width of the wall and as deep as ...

At my last house, I had a short retaining wall around a patio that started to lean out toward the lawn. The little wall was but 10 inches tall, for goodness sake, with no soil pressure against it.

In segmental retaining wall building, “batter” means that the wall should lean toward whatever it’s holding up. The center of gravity of the wall should be BEHIND the wall foundation, or footer.

At my last house, a short retaining wall I had around a patio started to lean out toward the lawn. The wall was but 10 inches tall, for goodness sake, with no soil pressure against it.

Retaining walls can level a sloped yard, prevent erosion and look beautiful! Check out these distinctive retaining wall ideas. You might not think of retaining walls as the most exciting yard ...

In a city where officials say people are too often building first and asking permission later, Albert Pinkhasov and the $240,000, three-tiered retaining wall he built in his backyard on Lovett ...

This further reduces potholes and ruts, making the paving or gravel surface last much longer, and supporting heavier loads.In retaining wall construction, lining the footer trench with geotextile ...

The city of Oneonta announced Friday, Aug. 1 that the city’s contractor, Birdsall Construction, will be starting construction of the wall along Main Street sidewalk at the Wescott parking lot ...