Engineered walls
Walls above the threshold, carrying surcharge or tiered, designed by an engineer and permitted.
Outdoor Living / Retaining Walls
Retaining walls and terracing in Las Vegas
A retaining wall is a structure holding back several tons of soil. Most of the failures we see were built as decoration.
Retaining Walls in the Las Vegas valleyWalls fail for one reason far more often than any other: water. Soil behind a wall gets wet, gets heavier, and pushes. A wall without drainage behind it is holding back not just soil but hydrostatic pressure, and it will lean, then bulge, then go.
So the part of the job you cannot see is the part that matters. Drainage aggregate behind the wall, a perforated pipe with somewhere to go, geogrid tied back into the slope where the height calls for it, and a footing that does not move.
When it needs an engineer
In Clark County, walls above a certain height, walls carrying a surcharge like a driveway or a pool, and tiered walls close together all need engineering and permits. Those thresholds exist because that is where the failure stops being cosmetic.
We will tell you which side of that line your wall sits on before quoting it, not after.
Terracing as a design move
On a sloped lot, two or three low walls beat one tall one almost every time. Cheaper to build, easier to permit, and it turns dead slope into usable planting beds instead of a retaining problem.
What this covers
Every part of the job, under one team
Drainage behind the wall
Aggregate, perforated pipe and an outlet. The invisible half that decides whether it stands.
Terracing
Two or three low walls instead of one tall one, converting slope into planting rather than into a problem.
Seat walls and low walls
Under the engineering threshold, still built on a proper footing, doubling as seating around a fire feature or patio.
Facing and finish
Block, stacked stone or stucco chosen to match the house rather than the catalog.
Common questions
What homeowners ask us first
How tall can a wall be before it needs engineering?
It depends on height, surcharge and tiering, and the thresholds are set by Clark County. We check before quoting rather than after.
My wall is leaning. Can it be repaired?
Sometimes the facing can be rebuilt. If the lean is from hydrostatic pressure and there is no drainage behind it, rebuilding the face just buys time.
Where we work
Retaining Walls across the valley
We take retaining walls work throughout Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Summerlin. Tell us the street and we will tell you honestly whether it is a job we are the right team for.
Start with a conversation