If you don’t have the right soil type, you may need to remove expansive clay or large ... your retaining wall from buckling under pressure—this is especially true for concrete cinder blocks.

You have two options for building a retaining wall with concrete. If you're set on getting the job done yourself without professional assistance, using concrete blocks is the way to go.

Q: Tim, I’ve seen quite a few failed retaining walls ... the tall end of the wall seemed to be tilting outward. I had used regular brick, four-inch back-up concrete block and some vertical ...

Choice. There are three basic types of concrete retaining wall installation: concrete blocks, precast concrete panels, or poured-in-place concrete. This allows you the flexibility to choose the ...

I have access to lots of large stones ... up behind the retaining wall. Retaining walls can be constructed with many materials: wood, poured concrete, concrete block, decorative stackable concrete ...

Our read yard has a lot line retaining wall which has been damaged by our neighbor’s large tree root system. The wall is cement and over the years, the roots have pushed the cement wall into our yard ...