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Engineered block retaining wall with matching steps and boulder rip-rap, Salmon Arm BC
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Retaining Walls in
Salmon Arm & the Shuswap

Engineered block, boulder and natural rock walls. Built with the drainage behind them that stops walls failing in the first place.

★★★★★ 5.0 on Google
25 years
Engineered over 4 ft

What's your wall situation?

Send a photo of the slope — we'll tell you what it needs.

What's happening now?
Roughly how tall?

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Why walls fail

It's almost never the stone.

Nine times out of ten, a failed retaining wall isn't a stone problem — it's a water problem. Here's what we do differently.

1 · Drainage first

Every wall gets a clean drainage plane — free-draining gravel, filter fabric, and perforated pipe daylighted out. Water gets out before it can push.

2 · Real base prep

We dig to undisturbed soil and compact in lifts. The base is buried and invisible, which is exactly why it's the first thing people cut.

3 · Engineered over 4 ft

Anything over four feet gets stamped drawings and geogrid reinforcement. Not optional, not negotiable — and it's what your insurer will ask for.

500Day Limited Warranty
Our promise

Built to hold. Backed in writing.

Every wall we build comes with a limited 500-day workmanship warranty. If it settles or shifts on us, we come back and put it right. We build them to outlast that by decades.

Recent walls

Built, and still standing.

Terraced charcoal block retaining wall with steps, Shuswap BC
Eagle Bay · Retaining walls

Terraced walls, flagstone & lighting

Retaining walls set into a slope, finished with a flagstone patio and custom lighting.

Natural quarried stone block retaining wall on a lakefront lot, Shuswap BC
Salmon Arm · Natural rock

Hand-set boulders & rockwork

Local stone placed by hand to lock and hold — the kind of rockwork that looks like it grew there.

Retaining wall FAQ

What people ask us.

What does a retaining wall cost in Salmon Arm?

Most residential walls land between $8,000 and $40,000 depending on height, length, access and what's behind them. We give you a written number after walking the site — not a guess over the phone.

Do I need an engineer?

In BC, walls over 4 feet generally need engineered drawings. We handle that and build to the stamped spec.

My existing wall is bulging. Is that urgent?

Yes. A bulge means water pressure is building behind it and the wall is losing. Call us — we'll come look and tell you straight whether it can be saved.

How long does a wall take?

A typical residential wall is a couple of weeks on site, depending on size and access.

Is the work warrantied?

Yes — a limited 500-day workmanship warranty on every wall we build.

Free on-site assessment

Send a photo of the slope.

We'll tell you what it needs, what it costs, and when we could start.

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