Looking for opinions on what direction to go with replacing a retaining wall and extending my driveway.
There is about a 90ft retaining wall that runs along my property line that has been deteriorating since I bought the house. I have been putting off replacing it but its just about completely gone so it's about time I do something. My original plan was replace with brick retaining wall, level the area by the garage door with the driveway and then rock in the driveway along the side of the garage down to where the fence gate is leaving it slopping towards the back yard. Pretty much the cheapest way to rebuilt and have it look decent
What I'm considering now is having a concrete wall put in continuing the foundation on the back of the house to level off all the way to the back of the house and fill it all in with gravel. The retaining wall would still be replaced with brick but have the ~5ft concrete wall intersect about half way up. The downside to this plan is I can't drive through to the back yard there anymore. I still have access on the other side but it is a steeper hill. It will also cost more. Not looking to concrete it all since I don't plan on being here forever and wont see as much roi.
This is looking down the driveway along the side of the garage. right in front of the jeep would get graded down level with where the truck is graveled or leveled to back where the fence is.
This is looking up from the back yard. The wall would go from left to right where the fence gate is. Ignore the temporary fence. Had to put something up to keep the dogs in and didn't want to set posts twice.
There is about a 90ft retaining wall that runs along my property line that has been deteriorating since I bought the house. I have been putting off replacing it but its just about completely gone so it's about time I do something. My original plan was replace with brick retaining wall, level the area by the garage door with the driveway and then rock in the driveway along the side of the garage down to where the fence gate is leaving it slopping towards the back yard. Pretty much the cheapest way to rebuilt and have it look decent
What I'm considering now is having a concrete wall put in continuing the foundation on the back of the house to level off all the way to the back of the house and fill it all in with gravel. The retaining wall would still be replaced with brick but have the ~5ft concrete wall intersect about half way up. The downside to this plan is I can't drive through to the back yard there anymore. I still have access on the other side but it is a steeper hill. It will also cost more. Not looking to concrete it all since I don't plan on being here forever and wont see as much roi.
This is looking down the driveway along the side of the garage. right in front of the jeep would get graded down level with where the truck is graveled or leveled to back where the fence is.
This is looking up from the back yard. The wall would go from left to right where the fence gate is. Ignore the temporary fence. Had to put something up to keep the dogs in and didn't want to set posts twice.