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 ...

Retaining walls must be strong to hold back the pressure of the earth and water behind them. They may be built of stone, poured concrete, concrete block or rot-resistant lumber.

Humans have been building retaining walls for thousands of years to create flat, or gently sloping, terraces on hillsides. A lot of my readers have them on their own property — or need to build ...

Dear James: I’m planning a veggie garden on my sloping lot so I need a retaining wall. I have used timbers before, but blocks might hold up better. Which method do you prefer? -- Steve W.

You can buy retaining wall blocks at Home Depot for as little at 60 cents each, and spend up to $3 each for larger and nicer blocks. You’ll need a shovel, mallet, hand tamper, wheelbarrow, yard ...

Hillside homes may be only 36 feet tall under current city codes. On a sloping lot, the distance from ground to the highest point on the roof is measured on the down-slope side, he said.

DRAPER, Utah (KUTV) — A Utah-based company is addressing questions about the failure of a retaining wall and hillside slope that caused devastating events at two of their homes in Draper.

Our Dec. 6 column was about a retaining wall at Longwood Dr. and Leslie St., south of York Mills Rd., which was unstable and no longer able to hold a small slope in place on the northwest corner.