Slope washing out or an old wall leaning? We build retaining walls with the drainage planned first, so the ground stays where you want it.
Retaining wall construction in Beaumont, TX means building a wall that holds back a slope. It sits on a packed, level base with gravel behind it, so water drains down and away instead of pushing on the wall.
Most calls start the same way. Dirt is creeping onto a patio or driveway, a slope washes out every time it rains, or an old wall has started to lean. The price comes down to how tall and long the wall is, what it's built from, how much digging and drainage your slope needs, and how easy it is to get into the yard. The schedule turns on whether a permit or an engineer has to come first, and on the weather, since soaked clay has to dry out before we can pack a base on it. After I look at it in person, I send you a written estimate with your figure.
I come out to walk the slope and see where the water runs before anything gets priced. Our masons do the building, and I'm on site to check their work, including the base and the drain before they disappear behind the wall.
We've been doing this since 2013, and I learned the trade laying brick and block on new houses before that. If a short wall or a fix to the one you have will do the job, I'll tell you that instead of selling you a bigger wall.
We're fully licensed and insured, and we treat your yard like it's ours, with tarps under the dirt piles and your driveway kept clear while we work. When you're ready, call (409) 240-0376 or send us a note through the form below.
Call or send the form, and we'll reply within one business day. I'll come out and look at your slope for free, then send you a written estimate with no obligation to go ahead. If you can, have the wall's rough height and length and a photo of the slope ready.
Inside Beaumont city limits, the city's Building Codes office reviews site plans before it issues building permits and inspects work while it's underway, and you can reach it at 409-880-3100. We check with that office for your address to see whether your wall needs a permit, tell you at the estimate, and help get it in place before we start if it does. Some lots inside the city sit in flood zones where the federal maps give no base flood elevation, the level floodwater is expected to reach in a major flood, and the city sends owners to its Planning and Zoning Office at 409-785-4789 for that figure.
Most yards here sit on heavy clay that drains poorly and takes in water very slowly, then cracks a foot or more deep when it dries out. That's the reason drainage comes first on our walls, because water that gets behind a wall in this ground stays there and pushes. A lot of the walls we're called to replace are old timbers or loose block along driveways, ditches and backyard slopes. We build the same way in the cities around Beaumont, including Lumberton and Nederland, and in more beyond the ones on this site.
Retaining wall construction in Beaumont usually costs about $15 to $45 per square foot of wall face, the height times the length you see from the front. Where a wall lands in that range depends mostly on the material, whether that's boulders, stone, wood, concrete, interlocking block or railroad ties, plus the digging and drainage your slope needs. I'll give you your own figure in a written estimate after I see the yard.
Most retaining walls fail from pressure as water or soil moisture builds up behind them. Gravel backfill, or a drainage blanket with a drain pipe, lets that water get away, so look for one in any plan you're handed. On Beaumont's slow-draining clay, ask any contractor to show you exactly where the water goes.
Often it does, because the taller the slope a wall holds, the more structure it needs, and complex structural walls call for an experienced engineer. Many cities require an engineer to design walls over four feet tall, so ask the city's Building Codes office before building any major wall. We'll tell you when your wall has reached the point where an engineer should design it.
Choose the type by what the wall has to do, not by looks first. A poured concrete structural wall suits a tall grade or a wall that carries a load, while a dry-laid wall of stacked, open-joint stone or block costs much less and works on lower slopes. I'll tell you which one your slope calls for when I come out.
It depends mostly on the wall's size and on what has to happen before we dig, like a permit or an engineer's design. A long wall with a lot of digging and a full drain behind it takes longer than a short garden wall, and a rainy stretch can push the start back. I'll tell you what has to come first when I give you the estimate.
