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 can chose different materials, shapes, add additional levels, and more. Before we give you an estimate, one of our experienced contractors will help you to navigate the options.

4 Different 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. However, the materials you choose can also have be customized to give your landscape a unique and beautiful look which will fit onto your property. The most common types of block walls include natural stone block walls, brick retaining walls, concrete block retaining walls, and wood retaining walls.
Cantilever Retaining Wall

Cantilever retaining walls help to retain dirt pressure. The concrete slab is anchored to the base and holds the dirt’s horizontal pressure back. This is balanced with leverage and engineering principles- making this a versatile choice for your landscape design needs. Proper drainage is essential when building a cantilever wall. Although built-up water pressure can usually be overcome, it is important to pay attention to ice pressure in colder regions where there is likely to be freezing.

What is the Maximum Height of a Cantilever Retaining Wall?

Cantilever retaining walls should not be built higher than 6m, or 20 feet high. It can lose its structural integrity above this height. This is a sufficient height for most residential applications.

Panel Wall

If you’re looking for retaining wall panels, you should choose a company with years of experience in the industry. 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 walls are a simple solution, where you simply place a single piece of steel into the ground. These are often used when there is not enough room for any other type of construction, and when there isn’t too much earth pressure that knocks down your wall. When sheet piling at all in softer soils, one third of the wall needs to be driven into the ground. To increase the strength of your retaining wall, it may need to be stabilized with an anchor if it is under too much pressure.

Gravity Retaining Wall

Gravity retaining walls rely on the weight of the materials to hold dirt in place. The durability of a retaining wall relies on the weight of its building blocks, which makes it highly versatile. Paving stones, natural stone, bricks and other materials are often used in construction. Additional reinforcement may not be required if the wall is shorter. Gravity retaining wall heights can vary, but taller walls may need foundations such as concrete footers or dug-outs.

What is the maximum height of a cantilever retaining walls?

Cantilever retaining walls can be built up to 6m high. 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. A concrete counterfort wall is another option. This requires a larger base area and steel supports.

What is the cheapest type of retaining wall?

There are many prices for retaining walls. The price of installing a retaining wall will depend on the market prices of your location. 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. The pros and cons are also included.

Treated pine is the most affordable option. 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 engineered to last and withstand the elements such as dirt, water, frost heave.

Concrete sleepers are more durable than wood but cost more. Natural grey is the standard color, along with options for colored concrete. You can reinforce the sleeper with galvanized steel to increase its durability.

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

Our custom-made interlocking Concrete blocks allow you to design your retaining walls in any way you like. From straight vertical walls to elegant curves and corners, Interlocking blocks have a fairly flexible pricing scheme while keeping a sturdy structure that perfectly 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 often used to enhance landscaping. One of the most popular types is the cantilever retaining walls, which are reinforced concrete structures that were popular from 1920 to 1970.