JR’s Retaining Walls offers the best retaining wall service in Anaheim California. We have years of experience, and pride ourselves in providing our customers with structurally sound and beautifully designed retaining walls for their properties. Retaining walls create more flat ground on a slope, which makes more usable ground for landscaping.
Hardscaping is an amazing addition to your landscaping, and opens up many possibilities for beautifying your property. You have the option to choose different materials, shapes, or add more levels. Before we give you an estimate, one of our experienced contractors will help you to navigate the options.

There are 4 types of block walls
Block walls are used to hold the soil in place. This allows you to create unique layouts for your landscape that would not be possible with natural materials. You can customize the materials to give your landscape a unique, beautiful look that fits on your property. Natural stone block walls, brick and concrete block retaining wall, as well as wood retaining wall are the most popular types.
Cantilever Retaining Wall

Cantilever retaining walls help to retain dirt pressure. The base is pointed down and the concrete slab holds back the horizontal pressure of the dirt. This is balanced by engineering principles and leverage, making it a versatile option for landscape design. Proper drainage is important when building a cantilever retaining wall. Built-up water pressure can be overcome, but in colder areas where freezing occurs ice pressure shouldn’t be ignored.

What is the maximum height of a cantilever retaining wall?

Cantilever retaining walls are not usually built more than 6m or around 20 feet high, as it starts to lose it’s structural integrity above that height. This is a sufficient height for most residential applications.

Panel Wall

A company with many years of industry experience is the best choice for retaining wall panel suppliers. Panel walls can be tall and are most often used along highways or near areas where heavy loads might take place; they can also attach to posts made from precast concrete reinforced with steel.

Retaining Wall with Sheet Piling

Sheet piling retaining wall is a simple solution. You simply place one piece of steel in the ground. These walls are used when there isn’t enough space for other types of construction and when there isn’t too much earth pressure to knock down your wall. One third of the wall must be driven into the ground when sheet piling is done in softer soils. If your retaining wall is experiencing excess pressure, it may require stabilization with an anchor to increase its strength.

Gravity Retaining Wall

Gravity retaining walls rely on the weight of the materials to hold dirt in place. A retaining wall’s durability is dependent on its weight, which makes it versatile. Construction is often done with bricks, natural stone, paving stones, and other materials. If you have a shorter wall, than additional reinforcement may no be necessary. Gravity retaining walls have a variety of heights, but taller retaining walls may require foundation including dug-outs or concrete footers.

What is the maximum height of a cantilever retaining walls?

Cantilever retaining walls are suitable up to 6 metres in height. For greater heights, the increased earth pressure from retained fill due to leverage will be too great and require a larger base section for stability design as well as structural design. This type of retaining walls is often uneconomical. One option is to go for a concrete counterfort retaining wall, which demands greater base area as well as steel supports.

What is the cheapest type of retaining wall?

Retaining walls have a wide range of prices. The market prices in your area will determine the cost of a retaining walls installation. At $250 per square meter, treated pine is the most affordable choice. Here’s a list of the relative costs of retaining wall materials, ordered from cheapest to most costly. These pros and cons are also listed.

Treated pine material is the cheapest option out there. The issue with treated pine is it’s longevity, which will cost you more in rehabilitating or replacement costs down the line. Galvanized posts can sometimes be used to increase strength and life span per board.

Hardwood is better than treated pine wood. It is treated to make sure it can withstand dirt and water, so make sure you treat the wood as well.

Railway sleepers can also be affordable. These hardwood pieces are made to withstand water, dirt, and frost heave.

Concrete sleepers are more durable than wood but cost more. There are many options for colored concrete, including natural grey. Galvanized steel can be used to strengthen the sleeper and increase its durability.

Besser blocks – the next level up in price – offer long term durability.

You can design your retaining wall as you like using our custom made interlocking Concrete blocks. Interlocking blocks can be used to create a variety of retaining walls, including straight vertical walls or elegant curves and corners. They also have a flexible pricing structure that allows you to design a sturdy structure that suits your needs. They are often used for DIY projects, but if you need a higher retaining wall, interlocking blocks can make the job quicker and easier for you.

What is the Easiest Retaining Wall to Build?

The average do-it-yourselfer will have an easier time building a retaining wall with masonry blocks, or stones that are no taller than 3 feet which need mortar to bind. Experienced amateurs can build retaining walls with other materials or masonry installations that are more complicated. For those who want to undertake ambitious landscape projects, experts recommend that you take the project on with an experienced contractor.

Where are cantilever walls used?

Retaining walls by CCantilever are reinforced concrete walls that use the principle of leverage. It has a thinner stem and utilizes the weight of backfill soil to provide most resistance to sliding and overturning. Retaining walls are designed to secure the soil. This structure is commonly used as a means of augmenting landscaping; one of the common types is called cantilever retaining wall, which comprises reinforced concrete that was used popularly from around 1920 to 1970.