Flower Mound/Retaining Walls
Retaining Walls in Flower Mound
Retaining walls for Flower Mound's wooded, uneven Cross Timbers lots, built to hold grade around mature trees and heavy tree cover.
Serving Flower Mound since 2004· Licensed & insured · Free on-site estimates
Retaining walls come up a lot in Flower Mound because so much of the town sits on the Cross Timbers belt, a stretch of hilly, wooded ground that's rockier and less even than the flat clay plains through most of the metroplex. Left alone, a slope on one of these lots keeps creeping. Rain washes soil downhill a little more each year, and a yard that started out usable turns into ground you can't do much with.
A retaining wall turns that fall into level, usable yard and stops the grade from creeping any further. What keeps it standing is what you never see, gravel backfill and a drain pipe carrying water out to daylight. A wall with nowhere for the water to go is the wall that leans, and that's exactly why we build the drainage in first.
We build modular block, natural stone, and poured concrete walls. Modular block is the practical choice for most grade work, since the units step back into the slope and reinforce easily as the height grows. Natural stone fits homes where stone is already the look, and poured concrete with a stone face handles the tall, load bearing walls. On a lot with real drop under mature trees, terracing often beats one tall wall, a run of shorter walls stepping down, each holding its own level bench, dug carefully around the root systems so the trees stay healthy.
Past a certain height, Flower Mound wants an engineered design and a permit, and that's the right call since the load on a tall wall is bigger than it looks. We flag it up front and handle the engineering before we build.
Walls usually go in with other work, so the stone matches your patio, outdoor kitchen, or new pool tile, one crew, one timeline. We cover Flower Mound, Denton, and Tarrant County.
Give us a call or fill out the form, and we'll get you a free quote to turn that slope into usable yard.
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FAQ
Retaining Walls in Flower Mound, answered
Past a certain height, yes. Flower Mound treats a tall enough wall as a structure needing an engineered design and a permit. We tell you before we start whether your grade crosses that line and handle the engineering when it does.
Drainage, almost every time. The Cross Timbers ground holds water differently than flat clay, and on a slope the runoff still collects behind the lowest wall and adds to the load. A wall without gravel backfill and a drain pipe takes the full pressure and bows or cracks. We build with gravel backfill, a drain line out to daylight, and a real footing so the water moves and the wall stays put.
Yes. We dig and build around the root systems on wooded lots rather than cutting straight through them, and terracing a slope into a few shorter walls often keeps more roots intact than one tall wall would.
Modular block is the workhorse for grade work here. It reinforces easily for height and handles freeze and thaw well. Natural stone suits a finished patio, and poured concrete with a stone face is for the tall structural walls. We bring samples and match the face to your patio and home.
What we do
More we can do for your Flower Mound backyard
Retaining Walls is one piece. Here's the rest of what our crew handles in Flower Mound.
Pool Tile
Pool Tile Installation
Pool Coping
Pool Renovation
Pool Repair
Spa and Water Features
Pool Deck Resurfacing
Patios
Outdoor Kitchens
Fire Pits
Outdoor Fireplaces
Outdoor Fountains
Stone Veneers
Service area
Serving Flower Mound and nearby
Based in Dallas, we build and remodel across the whole metro. Here's who we serve closest to Flower Mound.
Flower Mound
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10546 Luna Rd, Dallas, TX 75220 · lalostileandcoping@gmail.com
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