Retaining Wall Repair in Ashwaubenon, WI
Green Bay Retaining Walls builds and repairs retaining walls across Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. Block wall rebuilds, timber wall replacement, boulder and stone work, wall drainage correction, and terracing. Our crews are licensed and insured to work in Wisconsin.
Ashwaubenon is a suburb of Green Bay, and the ground under it runs flat compared with the east side. Interstate 41 and WIS-172 cross the village, and Austin Straubel International Airport sits inside it. Flat ground still produces walls. They are made rather than found. A homeowner squares off a walkout, raises a planting bed to get soil depth, holds back the shoulder of a driveway, or rings a patio with a seat wall. Every one of those holds soil, and soil pushes.
On a short wall the margin is small, so the details decide the outcome. The base carries half the job. We compact the subgrade, lay angular gravel, compact that, and screed it flat. A base built on soft or wet ground settles, and a settled base cracks the wall standing on it. The bottom course goes in the ground. About an inch of buried block per foot of wall height, and never less than half a foot.
The third detail is what goes behind the block. Clay against the back of a wall carries water into the freeze, and every winter here reaches four feet down. Open stone holds no water, so there is nothing back there to turn to ice. We use Allan Block units and fill the hollow cores with the same stone, which runs the drainage column right through the wall face.
Frozen ground stops excavation and stops compaction, so builds wait for the thaw. Quotes and wall assessments run all winter.
Call (920) 555-0187 for a free estimate on retaining wall work in Ashwaubenon.