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Retaining Walls project near Athens, Tennessee
Athens, TN · The Mcminn County Seat, Straight Up The Interstate From Us

Retaining Walls in Athens, TN

Segmental block walls built on drainage stone and geogrid — the kind that holds a bank back for good instead of leaning out in three years. Serving Athens and the surrounding area with free estimates and free estimates for new customers.

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Retaining Walls for Athens Homeowners

A retaining wall is the one piece of landscaping that is actually holding something up, and it is the one where everything that matters is buried before you ever see it. We dig back to solid ground, set a leveling pad of compacted stone, lay drainage stone and filter fabric behind the block so water leaves the wall instead of pushing on it, and run geogrid back into the slope on anything with real height on it. Then the block goes up. We build walls all over Cleveland, Chattanooga, Athens, Dayton and Dunlap — from a two-course seat wall around a patio to tiered walls running the length of a driveway.

Athens is the McMinn County seat, straight up the interstate from us and sits inside our regular service radius, so getting a crew and a machine out there is routine for us.

Drainage first, block second

Washed stone and filter fabric behind every wall, with an outlet. A wall that traps water behind it is a wall with a clock on it — saturated soil weighs roughly twice what drained soil weighs.

Geogrid on anything with height

Layers of grid tied back into the slope so the wall and the hill behind it act as one mass. This is the step you cannot add later and the step the cheap bid leaves out.

Compacted leveling pad

Dug down to undisturbed ground and compacted before the first course. Every leaning wall we get called to look at moved from the bottom.

Seat walls, tiers and curves

Straight runs, curves, corners, steps built into the wall, and tiered walls where one tall wall would be wrong for the slope.

Residential and commercial

From a back yard seat wall to walls running the length of an apartment site. The block gets set the same way either way.

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Retaining Walls Projects

Recent work from around Cleveland, Athens and the surrounding area.

Retaining Walls project near Athens, Tennessee
Retaining Walls project near Athens, Tennessee
Retaining Walls project near Athens, Tennessee
Retaining Walls project near Athens, Tennessee
Retaining Walls project near Athens, Tennessee
Retaining Walls project near Athens, Tennessee
Retaining Walls project near Athens, Tennessee
Retaining Walls project near Athens, Tennessee
How It Works

What To Expect

Step 01: free estimate on a Lobos Landscape & Hardscaper job in Cleveland, Tennessee 01
Step 01

Free estimate

We come out to your place in Cleveland, Chattanooga or wherever the job is, walk it, and give you a real number. No charge and no pressure.

Step 02: dig and grade on a Lobos Landscape & Hardscaper job in Cleveland, Tennessee 02
Step 02

Dig and grade

We cut back to solid ground and set the grade. On a wall this is also where we find out what the soil is actually doing, which is not always what the surface suggested.

Step 03: base and drainage on a Lobos Landscape & Hardscaper job in Cleveland, Tennessee 03
Step 03

Base and drainage

Compacted leveling pad, then washed stone and filter fabric behind the wall with an outlet. This is the part you never see and the part that decides everything.

Step 04: build on a Lobos Landscape & Hardscaper job in Cleveland, Tennessee 04
Step 04

Build

Block set course by course, checked for level as it goes, with geogrid tied back into the slope on anything with height on it.

Step 05: clean up and walk it on a Lobos Landscape & Hardscaper job in Cleveland, Tennessee 05
Step 05

Clean up and walk it

Site cleaned, equipment out, and then we walk the finished job with you before we leave.

Athens Questions

Frequently Asked

Do you charge for an estimate?
No. Estimates are free and we come to you — Cleveland, Chattanooga, Athens, Dayton, Dunlap and the towns in between. We look at the actual job instead of quoting a number over the phone.
How long does a retaining wall take?
A small seat wall is usually a day or two. A tall wall with geogrid and a lot of excavation can run one to two weeks depending on access and weather. We give you the schedule with the estimate, and if the ground turns out different than it looked, you hear about it the same day.
Why do some retaining walls lean out after a few years?
Almost always water and base. If there is no drainage stone and no outlet behind a wall, rain saturates the soil, that soil gets about twice as heavy, and it pushes the wall out. If the leveling pad was not compacted down to solid ground, it goes the other way and settles. Both problems are built in on day one and neither one is fixable later without taking the wall apart.
What is geogrid and do I need it?
It is a structural mesh laid in layers between the block courses and running back into the slope, so the wall and the soil behind it hold together as one mass instead of the wall trying to hold the hill by itself. Short walls generally do not need it. Once you get real height on a wall it is not optional, and it cannot be added after the fact.
Do you do pavers and concrete, or just one?
Pavers. Patios, walkways, driveway aprons and the borders and steps around them. We are not a concrete company — if a job really wants a poured slab we will tell you that instead of selling you pavers.
Can you do the planting and the sod too, or just the hardscape?
Both, and it is cheaper together, because the machine and the crew are already on site and the beds have to be graded anyway. Most of our jobs finish with beds, mulch and sod going in behind the wall or the patio.
How far do you travel?
About 50 miles out from Cleveland. That covers Chattanooga and all of Hamilton County including Ooltewah, Hixson, Soddy-Daisy, Apison, Red Bank and Birchwood, plus Athens, Dayton, Dunlap, Benton, Decatur and Ocoee, and across the line into Dalton and Ringgold, Georgia. If you are not sure whether you are in range, call and ask.
Do you take card, or just cash and check?
Cash, check, Zelle, Venmo and PayPal. Ask when we come out and we will sort out whatever is easiest for you.
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