Riccarton Retaining Walls
Engineered retaining walls, earthworks and hardscaping built for Riccarton sections, soil and drainage.
Retaining Wall Builders in Riccarton
Riccarton is one of the busiest infill suburbs in Christchurch, and that is where most of its retaining work comes from. Two or three townhouses on a section that held one house means new level platforms, new boundary lines and walls that have to work within a few hundred millimetres of a neighbour. The ground itself is generally kind, silt over free-draining plains gravel, but the sites are tight, access is often through a shared driveway, and the tolerances are unforgiving.
We build retaining walls in Riccarton for exactly those conditions: engineered to the design, built to the boundary without encroaching, and detailed so drainage discharges where it is supposed to rather than into the property next door. We also do plenty of straightforward garden terracing on the older Riccarton sections near the bush, where the brief is a level lawn and a wall that looks like it belongs.
Our Retaining Wall Services in Riccarton
Timber Retaining Walls
Timber remains the practical Riccarton choice for low garden terraces, and the free-draining gravel below gives posts a sound footing.
Concrete Block Retaining Walls
Block is the workhorse of Riccarton infill retaining, holding a precise line along boundaries where every millimetre of section counts.
Poured Concrete Retaining Walls
Poured concrete gives Riccarton townhouse developments the thinnest possible wall, which recovers usable floor area on a squeezed site.
Segmental Block Retaining Walls
Segmental blocks terrace older Riccarton sections quickly and cleanly, with no formwork and a finish that needs nothing added.
Gabion Retaining Walls
Gabion works where a Riccarton landscape design wants texture, and the rock face doubles as its own drainage layer.
Concrete Sleeper Retaining Walls
Sleeper walls are the value option on Riccarton rentals and developments, going up fast between steel posts with no maintenance afterwards.
Boulder Retaining Walls
Boulder walls need room, so they suit the larger Riccarton sections near the bush rather than tight subdivided lots.
Besser Block Retaining Walls
Reinforced masonry handles Riccarton walls that retain a neighbouring driveway or building platform, where surcharge loads rule out lighter systems.
Stone Veneer Retaining Walls
Stone facing gives a Riccarton street-front wall a finish that reads as landscaping rather than as a bare structural element.
Retaining Wall Drainage Systems
Riccarton gravel drains well, but the discharge still has to go somewhere legal, and we detail that before the wall goes up.
Earthworks Services in Riccarton
Site Excavation
Riccarton excavation is usually an access problem before it is a dirt problem, and we plan machine routes around shared driveways.
Slope Excavation & Land Levelling
Creating level Riccarton building platforms means cutting into one side and retaining it, with the fill placed and compacted properly.
Excavation for Retaining Walls
We excavate Riccarton wall lines to the full profile, allowing working room behind the wall without undermining the boundary fence.
Utility Trenching
Riccarton infill sites need new service runs to each unit, and we trench and reinstate them without churning up the shared drive.
Bobcat & Digger Hire
A compact machine gets through a standard Riccarton side gate, and our operators are used to working within that footprint.
Concrete Removal
Riccarton redevelopments start with removing the old driveway and slabs, and we clear the site properly before anyone sets out a wall.
Concrete Demolition
We demolish Riccarton foundations, garages and old retaining with close-quarters neighbours factored into the method from the outset.
Land Drainage
Riccarton gravel takes water readily in most places, so land drainage here is about finding the silt lenses that do not.
Stormwater Drainage Installation
Multi-unit Riccarton sites generate far more runoff than the original house did, and the stormwater system has to be sized for it.
Subsoil Drainage
Subsoil lines behind a Riccarton wall keep backfill from saturating, even on gravel where owners assume drainage looks after itself.
Hardscaping Services in Riccarton
Concrete Driveway Installation
Riccarton shared driveways carry far more traffic than a single house drive, so we build the slab and base to match.
Concrete Driveway Repair
We repair Riccarton driveway cracking at the cause, whether that is a settled trench line or an under-built original base.
Concrete Paths & Paving
Riccarton unit developments need paths that work for every dwelling, so we set out levels and falls across the site together.
Patios & Hardscaping
Small Riccarton courtyards have to earn their space, and we build them level, drained and tied into the retaining around them.
Concrete Steps & Stairs
Where a Riccarton platform sits above the drive, steps are formed as part of the wall rather than added afterwards.
Retaining Walls in Riccarton?
Tell us about your Riccarton section and we'll assess the slope, the soil and the drainage before quoting.