Retaining Walls in Crestline, CA
Holding the Hill in Place

Retaining walls in Crestline are not a luxury. On a sloped lot, they hold the ground in place around the house, the driveway and the deck. Maybe your old wall is leaning or cracked. Maybe the hill keeps washing down after storms. You are in the right place. We build retaining walls for mountain lots, and a leaning wall gets harder and more costly to fix the longer it moves.

When You Need Retaining Walls

You need a retaining wall when soil is sliding, a slope is too steep to use, a driveway or path is eroding, or you want to turn a slope into flat, usable ground.

If you already have a wall, warning signs include leaning, bulging, cracks, water seeping through and soil washing out at the base. These usually mean water is building up behind it.

Most wall failures come from poor drainage. Water behind a wall adds a lot of pressure, and freeze and thaw make it worse.

Our Retaining Walls Process

We look at the slope, the soil and where the water goes, and talk about what you want to do with the space. If the wall needs an engineer or permits, we handle that.

Then we dig with our own equipment, build footings, and build the wall in concrete, block or timber. Drainage goes in behind it: drain lines and gravel, so water cannot build up. On a hillside home in Crestline, new concrete and block walls with drains turned a slope into a level gravel area.

Timing depends on the length and height of the wall. We will tell you with the estimate.

Block retaining wall below a wood deck, Lake Arrowhead

Retaining Walls Cost in Crestline

Cost depends on the height and length of the wall, the material, the soil, access for equipment, drainage and whether an engineer is needed.

Estimates are free. After we look at the job, you get an estimate for the scope we agreed on before anything is scheduled, so you know what the work covers before it starts.

Why Choose Us

We build walls on their own or as part of a deck or patio, and any site prep a wall needs is done by our own crew and equipment.

Blakeman Construction is a licensed, bonded and insured general contractor, CSLB License #907175 (B), working in the San Bernardino Mountains since 2007. Estimates are free, we handle the permits, and you can call anytime.