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Margaret River LandscapersLimestone & Stone Retaining Walls in Margaret River, WA
Margaret River Landscapers covers limestone and stone retaining walls built to hold back a slope or create level garden terraces, common on the region's sloped forest and ridge blocks. Covering the region from Augusta through to Busselton, we match jobs like this to an independent local landscaping business who can quote it properly.
Signs you need a retaining wall
A sloped block, common on ridge lines around Margaret River and Cowaramup, loses soil in heavy winter rain. A new build has left a level change to the neighbouring block or the driveway. You want usable flat garden or entertaining space on a block that currently falls away.
What the job involves
A local installer sets out the wall, digs a footing suited to the local soil, often gravelly laterite over clay, and builds up the wall with limestone or local stone, backfilling with proper drainage behind it so water pressure doesn't build up during the wet winter months.
Why it matters
Given how much rain falls here over winter, a retaining wall without proper drainage is especially likely to fail over time, so getting the footing and drainage right the first time matters more in this climate than in a drier part of WA.