A wall that starts leaning after one wet season was built without a plan for the water behind it.
Most walls fail behind the block, where the water and the soil push on it, so Jake plans the wall with the rest of the yard and builds it to hold the slope, and the flat ground it gives you can become a patio, a bed or a lawn.
- Jake picks up his own phone.
- Free quote, and you see the design before any work starts.
- Walls planned with the patio and planting around them.
Look at the slope, plan it, then build it.
Jake looks at the slope
Jake comes out and looks at how high the wall needs to be, where the water runs and what you want on the flat ground.
Design and free quote
You see the wall in the design with the rest of the yard, then you get the number and agree it before work starts.
Jake builds the wall
The wall goes in and the ground around it gets finished, so you are left with usable space instead of a slope.
Wall questions
Every question here is one somebody actually asked on a forum or an inspection site, and each answer links to where it was asked.
Can a retaining wall give me a flat spot for a patio?
Yes, that is one of the main reasons to build one. Jake plans the wall and the patio together in the design, so the flat ground ends up the right size for what you want on it.
Source: facebook.comWhat happens to the water behind the wall?
Jake looks at where the water runs before the wall goes in, because water pushing on the back of a wall is what makes walls lean. Drainage and grading are part of what Gorilla Outdoor Design does, so it gets planned with the wall.
Source: facebook.comDo you charge to look at the slope?
No. Jake comes out, looks at the yard and gives you a free quote, and you agree the number before any work starts.
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