Retaining Walls · Glendale, CA
Professional retaining walls in Glendale
Glendale, CA at a glance
Glendale runs from the flats along Brand Boulevard up into the Verdugo Mountains and the foothill neighborhoods, so a large share of the concrete work here involves slope: hillside driveways, cut-and-fill pads, and retaining walls that have to be engineered and drained rather than just stacked. The alluvial foothill soils and the grade are what we design around. New foundations and taller walls run through the city's building division, and we pull and build to those permits.
Concrete and foundation permits in the city are issued through the Building & Safety Division of the City of Glendale.
The foothill and hillside hazard mapping that shapes our retaining-wall designs comes from the California Geological Survey.
How we get retaining walls right
Half of LA is built on a slope, and a retaining wall is a structural element, not a landscape accent. Anything holding back more than four feet of soil - measured from the bottom of the footing - needs an engineered design and a City permit, and even shorter walls need proper drainage or they blow out. We build engineered concrete and CMU block walls with the right footing, rebar, weep holes, and gravel-and-fabric drainage behind them so hydrostatic pressure has somewhere to go. On hillside cut-and-fill lots we coordinate with the soils and grading requirements. A wall built to hold is cheaper than the second wall you build after the first one fails.
Every Glendale job starts with an upfront, flat quote and finishes with workmanship you can count on.
