JR’s Retaining Walls provides the highest quality retaining wall service in Anaheim California. We have years of experience and are proud to provide our customers with beautiful, structurally sound retaining walls for their homes. Retaining walls make it easier to landscape on a slope.
Hardscaping can be a great addition to your landscaping and opens up many options for beautifying your property. You have the option to choose different materials, shapes, or add more levels. 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 mainly used to hold soil in place, which allow you to shape your landscape into custom layouts that would not naturally exist. 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 are a form of hardscaping that help retain pressure from dirt. 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 important when building a cantilever retaining 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 are not usually built more than 6m or around 20 feet high, as it starts to lose it’s structural integrity above that height. This height is sufficient 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 high and are often used near highways or areas with heavy loads. They can also attach to posts made of precast concrete reinforced by steel.

Sheet Piling Retaining Wall

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. One third of the wall must be driven into the ground when sheet piling is done in softer soils. If your retaining wall is experiencing excess pressure, it may require stabilization with an anchor to increase its strength.

Gravity Retaining Wall

Essentially, a gravity retaining wall uses the weight of the materials to keep dirt in place. A retaining wall’s durability is dependent on its weight, which makes it versatile. Construction is often done with bricks, natural stone, paving stones, and other materials. If you have a shorter wall, than additional reinforcement may no be necessary. Gravity retaining wall heights can vary, but taller walls may need foundations such as concrete footers or dug-outs.

What is the maximum height for cantilever retaining wall?

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. One option is to go for a concrete counterfort retaining wall, which demands greater base area as well as 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 is a list of the relative prices of retaining wall materials, sorted from cheapest to most expensive. These pros and cons are also listed.

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 a better quality option 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 last longer than wood, but are more expensive. Natural grey is the standard color, along with options for colored concrete. Galvanized steel can be used to strengthen the sleeper and increase its durability.

Besser blocks are the next price level and offer long-term durability.

Our custom-made interlocking Concrete blocks allow you to design your retaining walls in any way you like. Interlocking blocks can be used to create a variety of retaining walls, including straight vertical walls or elegant curves and corners. They also have a flexible pricing structure that allows you to design a sturdy structure that suits your needs. Interlocking blocks are often used in DIY projects. However, if you require a higher retaining walls, interlocking blocks may be a better choice.

What is the Easiest Retaining Wall to Build?

A retaining wall can be built by the average DIYer with masonry blocks or stones no higher than 3 feet that need mortar to bind. Certainly, experienced amateurs will be capable of completing more complex masonry installations or building retaining walls using other materials. Experts recommend that ambitious landscape projects be undertaken by 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 created to hold the soil in place securely. This structure is commonly used as a means of augmenting landscaping; one of the common types is called cantilever retaining wall, which comprises reinforced concrete that was used popularly from around 1920 to 1970.