Retaining Walls

Retaining walls can be a great addition to any outdoor space. Generally, they serve one of two purposes.

The main use of retaining wall blocks is to do what their name implies – retain earth. If you have a slope or grade in your yard on your property that you need to retain for structural reasons, retaining wall blocks are the best way to do this. Most residential walls are no more than 5 feet tall, but the products we use can be installed over 20 feet in height. From an aesthetics perspective, all of the retaining wall blocks we install are produced by the same companies that manufacture our paver products, therefore you get colors and blends that complement each other very well.

The other and more frequent use of retaining walls in California is decorative. The same paver manufacturer’s wall blocks can be used to build stand-alone sitting areas, fire pits, columns for pergolas, landscape walls which add elevation to your yard, privacy walls, and of course, retaining walls which hold back earth are very decorative as well.