Concrete Retaining Walls in Bentonville AR - a wall that drains and holds the slope
Slope washing into the yard or an old wall leaning? We plan the drainage first, then pour a solid wall that holds it.
What a concrete retaining wall does for your yard
A concrete retaining wall in Bentonville is steel-reinforced concrete poured in forms on a footing, the wide base it stands on, and it's built to hold back the soil behind it. You need one when a slope keeps washing onto your patio or driveway, an old wall is leaning, or you want level ground where the yard drops off, maybe for one of our concrete pool decks.
I start behind the wall. Water trapped back there is what pushes walls over, so we plan the backfill and the weep holes, small drain outlets through the face, before we form anything. We dig out and pack the footing because one set on poorly prepared soil settles or tilts, and I check the height against the city's rules early so a taller wall starts with the right design.
Height and length move the price most, then the footing, the drainage and truck access. The schedule turns on whether the wall needs an engineer and a permit, the weather, and the cure, the wait while concrete hardens before soil goes back behind it. When a wall also forms the side of a lower room, we can pour that slab with our concrete floor installation too. I'll go over yours at the estimate, after I measure.
Concrete retaining walls that drain
You get a solid, one-piece wall that holds your yard where you want it, with the water behind it given a way out so it isn't pushing on the wall.
- I come out to look at every wall and write the estimate
- I run the pour on site with our crew
- In business since 2021, five years and counting
- Licensed and insured on every job
How a retaining wall job goes
Call or send the form
Tell us where the wall goes and roughly how long and tall it is, and we'll set a time for me to come see it.
I walk the slope
I come out, measure, see where the water runs, and tell you right there what I'd build and why, including whether the height calls for an engineer.
Permit, pour and walkthrough
Once you say yes, we handle any permit, set the date, form and pour, backfill once the concrete has cured, and I walk the finished wall with you.
Describe your retaining wall and the slope
Send where the wall goes and its rough length and height, and we'll reply within one business day to set up a free, no-obligation estimate at your property.
Retaining wall questions we hear
Do I need a permit for a retaining wall in Bentonville?
A wall over four feet tall needs a retaining wall permit from the City of Bentonville to build, replace or extend it. The city counts height from the bottom of the footing on the low side to the top of the wall. We handle the application and inspections, and if you're unsure, we'll check with the city before we start.
Does my retaining wall need an engineer in Bentonville?
It does if it's over four feet tall, counted from the bottom of the footing. The city requires those walls to be designed and certified by a professional engineer licensed in Arkansas, so I check the height early. The city then inspects the footing, drainage, backfill and wall face against the approved permit.
Is a poured concrete retaining wall cheaper than a block wall?
Usually not. One trade publisher says a segmental block wall, built from stacked concrete units, costs less at most landscape heights, since poured adds forms, rebar and concrete supply. Poured earns that cost when you need a one-piece face, a tight footprint, or a wall that doubles as a foundation. I'll tell you plainly if block fits you better.
How long does a poured concrete retaining wall last?
Decades, when it's built right, and drainage decides that more than the material. A poured wall without weep holes takes the full pressure of soaked soil, and that water pressure is what breaks walls. So we plan the backfill and drains before we form, including whether they need filters to keep fine soil out.
Other concrete work we do
- Concrete driveway building
- Concrete patio construction
- Stamped concrete services
- Concrete sidewalk building
- Garage floor concrete
- Decorative concrete
- Concrete floor installation
- Concrete pool decks
- Concrete steps construction
- Slab foundation building
- Foundation installation
- Concrete parking lot building
- Concrete footings
- Foundation raising
- Concrete cutting
Get a free retaining wall and drainage estimate
Concrete is hard to undo, so call (479) 415-5205 or send the form with the wall's spot and size, and I'll come settle the plan first.
