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Harris Excavating
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Retaining Wall - Install

Serving Waverly, OH and surrounding areas

In business since 2008

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"We contracted with Harris Excavating to rebuild a gravel driveway to our Adams County property in August 2017 and again in 2019 to perform routine maintenance. In 2018, Harris Excavating built a gravel pad for the placement of a mini barn. In each case the work was done professionally and on time. I recommend Harris Excavating without reservation."
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McCarty's Masonry
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Retaining Wall - Install

Serving Waverly, OH and surrounding areas

In business since 2010

Free estimates

Small jobs welcome

McCarty's Masonry is committed to excellence in every aspect of our business. We uphold a standard of integrity bound by fairness, honesty, and personal responsibility. Our distinction is the quality of service we bring to our customers. Accurate knowledge of our trade combined with ability is what makes us true professionals. Above all, we are watchful of our customers' interests and make their concerns the basis of our business.

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Veach Home Improvement
New to Angi
Retaining Wall - Install

Serving Waverly, OH and surrounding areas

In business since 1954

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

When you find Veach Home Improvement, you've found a contractor with the relationships and the know how necessary to get you the best value, quality and price. Bring us your idea and we'll quickly bring it to life. Call right now, no matter where you are in the planning process. We offer a range of services for all your needs and no job is too small or large!

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Retaining Wall Installers questions, answered by experts

A retaining wall can only function as a fence if it’s high enough on all sides to prevent someone from accidentally falling into the pool. However, most retaining walls retain dirt, which means their purpose is not related to safety. There would need to be nothing on the other side of the wall for it to be considered a fence, but in that case, it wouldn’t retain anything and would cease to be a retaining wall.  

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. 

Generally, a railroad tie retaining wall consisting of a single line of ties should be between 3 and 4 feet tall—and the height often tops out at around 6 feet. You can go taller, but you may need additional footings and reinforcements, including a second layer of railroad ties to support the added weight of the soil it’s holding back.

Failure to compact the soil during construction is the most common cause of leaning retaining walls. In addition, poor drainage can lead to excessive water pressure behind a retaining wall, pushing against it until it begins to move forward away from the soil it is holding back.

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.

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