For especially steep slopes, a gradual step-up design may be more secure and more appealing than a very tall retaining wall. Each level of a stepped design should be done like the first.

Map out your trench and begin to dig. The trench should have a level, compacted base as it will be the foundation for which the retaining wall materials, be they blocks, bricks or wood, sit in.

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 ...

Surely, the 65-year-old homeowner thought, his backyard retaining wall, thick as a freeway barrier, would hold back the mud. But as a precaution, Heinlein and his neighbors wedged plywood and ...

The original builder wanted a fairly level front yard. A 4-foot tall retaining wall was built along the south side of the lot to achieve this goal.

Q: We just bought a house with a naked-feeling backyard. The far end of the back yard has a tiered retaining wall, and the second level is pretty bare except for some ferns and old mulch.

Now gabions have come to many backyards. Some consider it a piece of art. Others describe it as an attractive, effective and inexpensive retaining-wall system. Bill Hilfiker owns Hilfiker ...

And the good thing about installing this retaining wall is we can add drainage, which means the wall is gonna be there forever. Jenn: Sounds like a perfect plan and a perfect job for the two of us.