In either case, you need to ensure adequate drainage under the pavers. Without a strategy for channeling water away, you endanger structures and plants adjacent to the paved space — pooling water can ...

2. To avoid soil shifting and damaging the wall, retaining walls should rest on cut or undisturbed ground, not landfill, and have a footing roughly two times the width of the wall and as deep as ...

I want to build a three-foot-high retaining wall behind my house out of pressure-treated wood. Thoughts?—Shawn B., Sioux City, Iowa Go ahead, but do your homework. First, call 811 before you dig ...

Make sure you purchase special interlocking retaining wall blocks at your home center store. These blocks fit together when stacked so they will not tip over from the weight of the soil behind them.