Retaining walls
Concrete, block and stone retaining walls, with drainage behind them so they stay sound.
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For homeowners
Retaining walls & structural groundworkfor homes in Manchester
Retaining walls, structural bases and engineered groundwork for homes, built to your engineer’s design.
- Fully insured
- Free written quotes
- Family-run
- Over 20 years
Some home projects need more than standard groundwork.
Retaining walls
Engineered work for homes
A steep garden, a wall that holds up a driveway, or ground that cannot carry a normal foundation all need a design from a structural engineer, and a contractor who builds it exactly as drawn.
We regularly build from engineers’ drawings and follow the specification closely. If you do not yet have an engineer, we can explain what your project is likely to need before you commission one.
- Built exactly to the engineer’s drawings
- Materials as specified
- Inspections planned into the work
- Free site visit and written quote
What the work covers
Retaining walls for homeowners.
Across Greater Manchester and Cheshire, as part of our domestic groundworks services.
Structural bases
Bases for garages, garden rooms and outbuildings where a standard slab is not suitable.
Ground improvement
Strengthening weak ground, using the method your engineer specifies.
Ditches and culverts
Work on ditches and culverts that run through gardens and private land.
Common questions
Retaining walls: your questions.
Do I need a structural engineer for a retaining wall?
For a wall over about a metre high, or one that holds up a drive, a building or a neighbour’s garden, almost certainly yes, and building control will usually ask for a design. We can tell you early whether your wall needs one.
Can you build from drawings I already have?
Yes. Send them with your enquiry and we will price the work exactly as drawn.
Who deals with building control?
Your designer or builder usually makes the application, and we build to the approved design. We make sure the work is ready and open for each inspection.
Where to next
Related services.
Other domestic groundworks services, from the same team.
Extension foundations
Foundations dug to the depth building control requires, set out accurately and poured once approved.
Drainage & drain repairs
New drains, soakaways and garden drainage, and repairs to blocked or collapsed drains.
Driveways
Block paving, tarmac, resin and gravel driveways, built on a solid base.
Landscaping & patios
Patios, steps, retaining walls, turf and planting, on ground that has been carefully prepared.
For builders, developers & site managersCivil engineeringBuilding on a site rather than at home? See our commercial service.→
Areas we cover
Retaining walls across Greater Manchester & Cheshire.
We cover 42 towns from our yard in Gorton. See the areas we cover for travel times to your postcode.
Stockport
Trafford & Salford
A free visit, a written price
Need a price for retaining walls?
Free site visit, written quote, no obligation. Call us or send the details and we will come back to you.
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