Reply to How much will a large concrete retaining wall cost?

Forum Index » Home Improvement, Design, and Decorating

Reply to "How much will a large concrete retaining wall cost?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We just replaced a 25 ft long 5 ft high timber retaining wall in our arlington backyard for $30k.  We used timber because it was less expensive than other options. Got multiple estimates and most were even higher. Where do you live? Not sure where the PP is posting from with that price quote, but I doubt it is the DC area.  Permitting fees alone for us were over $2k.  Engineers in the DC area charge $500/hr to draw up the plans to submit for permitting and will likely need to oversee you project.  It is not just as easy as paying some concrete guys to pour a wall.[/quote]

LOL,

We got a 120 ft long concrete retaining wall built for about $20k, height varied from 1 to 8 ft, with most being 4-5ft tall.

Most foundation companies will do a retaining wall - the work is the same between building a retaining wall and pouring a foundation. They use the same equipment and technique. The companies will also typically have an engineer that they can recommend to you who can draw up the design and do the permit work, as well as inspect the work on your behalf. The design will typically reference a standard design that's accepted by the county - contains standard drawings and language that is not specific to your job. [/quote]

I wanted to add that this was in McLean and the quotes were all over the place. One came back being about 100K, but this was with field stone covering all exposed concrete.

Another expense you will have to factor in is railing, if people will be on the top side of the retaining wall. It cost us another $5k to put iron railing in place along the entire wall.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics