Retaining wall construction in Tacoma WA - a wall that holds your slope and stays put
Leaning timbers or a slope sliding into the yard? We build a wall matched to what's behind it, with the drainage done right.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We reply within 1 business day.
A retaining wall built for what sits behind it
Retaining wall construction in Tacoma, WA usually starts with a timber wall that's leaning, a slope creeping into the yard, or a hillside you'd like flat enough to use. We're based in Tacoma and build across the cities around it. Height, material, tearing out an old wall and whether a machine can reach the yard move the price and the schedule, and the written estimate spells it all out.
What sits behind the wall decides what we build, because a driveway up top is a different job than a garden bed. In Tacoma, a wall over 4 feet from footing to top, or one holding up a load like a driveway, needs a permit, so we check with the city and handle the paperwork for our part.
Picking a wall for your yard
Get a quotePoured concrete
Strongest and slimmest of the usual choices, so it suits tight spots near a property line or a wall with a driveway or pool right above.
Stacked block
Concrete blocks stacked without mortar hold by weight. They suit garden beds if the drain gravel and pipe at the base aren't skimped, since that's what usually tips them.
Reinforced block
Layers of reinforcement run back into the soil behind the blocks, so the wall acts wider and heavier, which helps when a block wall needs more height.
Timber
Fine for a low garden edge, though even ground-contact lumber typically lasts 15 to 25 years, and less on a bare-dirt base with poor drainage.
Tell us about your wall
Send the wall's height, what sits above it, how we'd reach the yard and a few photos, and we'll reply within one business day, usually with me on the phone.
- Free, done on site
- Written, with inclusions spelled out
- No obligation to hire
Why folks around Tacoma hire us for walls
I look at every job
I come out to see every job myself, and our small crew builds the wall with me working right alongside them, so the person who looked at your slope is there when it's built.
Learned on a Tacoma crew
I learned the trade under a mason around Tacoma and opened our business in 2023, and besides walls we do masonry restoration and fireplace installation.
Licensed and insured in Washington
The state requires every contractor to register with Washington L&I, and we're fully licensed and insured, which you can check with L&I's contractor lookup.