Westmorland Retaining Walls
Engineered retaining walls, earthworks and hardscaping built for Westmorland sections, soil and drainage.
Retaining Wall Builders in Westmorland
Westmorland is a newer hillside subdivision, and almost every section in it was created by cutting a platform into the slope and filling the downhill side. That is efficient subdivision engineering, but it leaves two very different retaining problems on one property: a cut face above the house that has to be held back, and engineered fill below it that a wall has to be founded through rather than on.
We build retaining walls in Westmorland with that split in mind. Walls on the cut side are founded in undisturbed loess and sized for the slope above. Walls on the fill side go down to competent material, because a footing bearing on fill will settle and take the wall with it. Most Westmorland jobs also come with covenant expectations about finish, so the wall has to look considered as well as perform.
Our Retaining Wall Services in Westmorland
Timber Retaining Walls
Timber suits low Westmorland garden terraces above the platform, where retained height is modest and the wall sits in undisturbed ground.
Concrete Block Retaining Walls
Reinforced block gives Westmorland platform walls a clean, engineered face that meets subdivision covenants without needing an added finish.
Poured Concrete Retaining Walls
Poured concrete suits Westmorland cut faces where the retained height is significant and the wall has to stay genuinely thin.
Segmental Block Retaining Walls
Geogrid segmental walls are the standard Westmorland solution, terracing the fill side into level garden with a consistent modular face.
Gabion Retaining Walls
Gabion suits the contemporary architecture common in Westmorland, and its free drainage helps on a slope that collects hillside runoff.
Concrete Sleeper Retaining Walls
Sleeper walls handle Westmorland boundary and driveway retaining economically, with a finish that reads tidily against newer homes.
Boulder Retaining Walls
Boulder walls soften the engineered look of a Westmorland cut, and they tolerate the minor settlement fill sides tend to see.
Besser Block Retaining Walls
Filled masonry carries Westmorland walls retaining a driveway or building platform, where surcharge makes a lighter system unsuitable.
Stone Veneer Retaining Walls
Stone facing lifts a Westmorland platform wall from a subdivision necessity to a designed element of the property frontage.
Retaining Wall Drainage Systems
Drainage behind a Westmorland cut face has to handle water arriving from the whole slope above, not just rain falling on the section.
Earthworks Services in Westmorland
Site Excavation
Westmorland excavation distinguishes between original hillside and placed fill, because the two behave nothing alike under a footing.
Slope Excavation & Land Levelling
We extend Westmorland platforms by cutting further into the slope and retaining it, rather than filling outward onto unsupported ground.
Excavation for Retaining Walls
On the fill side of a Westmorland section, wall excavation continues until we reach material that will carry the load.
Utility Trenching
Westmorland services run through engineered fill, so trenches are backfilled and compacted in layers to avoid settlement later.
Bobcat & Digger Hire
Steep Westmorland drives suit compact tracked machines, and our operators are used to working on a grade all day.
Concrete Removal
Westmorland concrete removal is usually about reshaping a platform, and we break out and cart away the old slab cleanly.
Concrete Demolition
We demolish redundant Westmorland retaining and structures with the fill slope below supported throughout the work.
Land Drainage
Water collects at the toe of a Westmorland cut, and land drainage there protects both the platform and the wall.
Stormwater Drainage Installation
Westmorland stormwater is piped down the slope to an approved discharge rather than released onto the fill below the platform.
Subsoil Drainage
Subsoil lines behind Westmorland cut faces are essential, because saturated loess behind a wall is what puts pressure on it.
Hardscaping Services in Westmorland
Concrete Driveway Installation
Westmorland driveways run steeply off the road, so we build the base for the grade and finish it for winter grip.
Concrete Driveway Repair
Settlement in placed fill causes most Westmorland driveway cracking, and we deal with the base before replacing any surface.
Concrete Paths & Paving
Westmorland paths connect platform levels, and we set them out with falls that carry water away from the house rather than toward it.
Patios & Hardscaping
A Westmorland patio on the fill side needs proper support, so we found it on competent ground instead of on the fill itself.
Concrete Steps & Stairs
Steps between Westmorland terrace levels are formed as part of the retaining, keeping the structure and the access as one unit.
Other Port Hills Suburbs We Serve
We build retaining walls, handle earthworks and lay hardscaping across Port Hills and the wider Christchurch region.
Retaining Walls in Westmorland?
Tell us about your Westmorland section and we'll assess the slope, the soil and the drainage before quoting.