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Retaining Walls & Drainage

Landscape timber retaining wall with French drains

Terraced landscape timber retaining walls set on a compacted gravel base, with French drains run behind the timbers to carry water away. Excavation, grading and compaction done on site with a backhoe and plate compactor.

  • Finished terraced timber retaining walls with drain grates set into the gravel, below a covered pavilion
  • Long finished timber retaining wall with French drain grates along the gravel walkway
  • Corner of the finished timber wall with drain grates in the gravel
  • Two terraced landscape timber retaining walls stepping down from a large covered pavilion
  • Finished timber retaining wall with the loader that graded the site in the foreground
  • Excavated and graded footing with a compacted gravel base beside the pavilion
  • Crew member setting and leveling landscape timbers along a string line, with drain pipe laid beside them
  • Perforated French drain pipe laid in gravel directly behind the first course of timbers
  • Graded gravel path and backfill along the wall line before the timbers went in
  • Crew member at the controls of a backhoe on the job site

Terraced landscape timber retaining walls set on a compacted gravel base, with French drains run behind the timbers to carry water away. Excavation, grading and compaction done on site with a backhoe and plate compactor.

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