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VanOppen Construction LLC
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Retaining Wall - Install

Serving Goodfield, IL and surrounding areas

In business since 2023

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Credit card accepted

"Vanoppen Construction has done several jobs for me over the past year and I have been nothing but satisfied! They are friendly and easy to work with. I will continue to use them and highly recommend them to anyone wanting a 100% complete job!"
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Recommended by83%of homeowners
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Avatar for L & Q LANDSCAPING-CONSTRUCTION, LLC
L & Q LANDSCAPING-CONSTRUCTION, LLC
3.4(
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Retaining Wall - Install

Serving Goodfield, IL and surrounding areas

In business since 2021

Free estimates

Small jobs welcome

"Excellent results, speedy completion in one day for a living room and stairwell. We highly recommend them for painting your home. Thanks L Q for your excellent work."
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Retaining Wall Installers FAQs, answered by experts

Small retaining walls still require a foundation of some kind, typically a concrete footing. This helps to ensure the wall is structurally sound and prevents the ground from shifting over time, especially during those winter freeze/thaw cycles. The footing helps spread the weight of the wall and the load it carries over a larger area of the ground, thus assisting with stability. This is true of small retaining walls, larger rock garden walls, and the like. 

Sand and gravel are two suitable options for filling behind a retaining wall. If you’re building your own retaining wall, you’ll complete this part of the process—known as backfilling—after you finish laying the blocks. Make sure not to skip it—otherwise, you could wind up with drainage issues, which can cause your retaining wall to collapse.

Each design is different, so we can’t say definitively if you’ll need a dedicated drainage system in place for a two-foot retaining wall. However, you can likely skip the drainage, as this project is typically served for walls that are 4 feet tall or more. Even with a relatively low wall, consider drainage if you are building on top of clay or poor-draining soil types or if there are buried water sources nearby, like a well used for other outdoor garden projects.

Yes, including patterns, finishes, and plant integration for aesthetic enhancement.

Proper design and construction prevent erosion and add structural stability to landscapes.

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