Natural Stone Retaining Wall Calculator

Landscape natural stone options for patios and walls including flagstone and steppers irregular aqua blue carnelian granite charcoal granite rockville granite chilton limestone fond du lac limestone hickory gray limestone minnesota dolomite kasota stone bay de noc desert bronze plum creek virginia slate minnesota iron range stone.

Natural stone retaining wall calculator.

The stone wall foundation requires a 4 inch bed of gravel. Wood retaining walls start at 15 per square foot while concrete retaining walls start at 20 per square foot homeowners interested in using natural stone will find that those stones increase the cost to 25 or more per square foot. Cinder block is a cost effective material for a retaining wall and usually runs between 10 12 per square foot. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Call our stone specialists at 978 742 9800 text to 978 310 3008 or. This type of retaining wall is much thicker and leverages its extreme weight. Get help in selecting the right stone. The retaining wall should be set embedded below grade on a level base of 6 gravel or stone.

Rubble smaller stones cut stone stone bricks and boulder walls larger stones. 3 above grade max height. Email phone how may we help you. Length x width x height volume in cubic feet.

Preparing the retaining wall base. Stone wall cost non discounted retail pricing for. Natural stone stacked to 12 deep and 4 high. Dry stack stone interlocking block wall.

We recommend making the base twice as wide as the block depth to account for settling. Average 1 25 blocks per sf wall face. Layout and excavate for. Stone wall installation labor basic basic labor to install stone wall with favorable site conditions.

Name first last. Gravity retaining walls brick brick masonry stone natural stone limestone and faux stone. It is harder to calculate the area of rubble and boulder walls due to the different shapes and sizes of the stones. Some regard stone retaining walls as the nicest and most natural looking types of landscaping walls.

Quantity includes typical waste overage material for repair and local delivery. There are three types of popular stone walls. Retaining wall installation labor basic. For example if the wall is 30 feet long the width is 2 feet and the height is 4 inches or 1 3 of a foot or 333 feet.

Retaining wall cost non discounted retail pricing for. Of each type of retaining wall there will be a range of installation costs because some are simple while others require engineering and the use of more expensive materials. See our retaining wall cost guide to find the average price of a retaining wall. Quantity includes typical waste overage material for repair and local delivery.