Northport, Alabama
An approximately 1,200-square-foot GeoStone retaining wall raised the backyard by about six feet, creating valuable usable square footage for a new pool, limestone pool deck, lawn, planting, and outdoor living space.
The original backyard dropped away sharply from the house, leaving large areas of the property essentially unusable. Before the homeowners could gain the pool, lawn, landscaping, and outdoor living space they wanted, the site needed to be reshaped.
Edmonds Environmental constructed an approximately 1,200-square-foot GeoStone retaining wall and imported roughly 30 loads of fill dirt. Together, the retaining wall and fill raised the backyard by about six feet and created new usable square footage across the property. That additional area became the foundation for the rest of the backyard project.
The value of the wall is measured in more than retained soil. By changing the grade, the project created room for a gunite pool, approximately 1,500 square feet of Alabama limestone paving, additional grass, new landscape planting, irrigation, drainage, and outdoor living space. The retaining wall made the larger backyard transformation possible.
This retaining wall was not simply installed to hold a slope in place. Its purpose was to reclaim backyard area that the original grade made difficult to use and create enough level ground for the larger outdoor program.
Edmonds Environmental built the retaining wall using GeoStone. The approximately 1,200-square-foot wall works as part of the larger landscape rather than as a stand-alone feature.
The backyard redevelopment also included a new drainage strategy. Catch basins control surface water along the house, while the pool area uses a permeable paving detail that directs water through a washed-gravel base and into drain pipes.
The grade change created valuable usable square footage that had not existed before. That space allowed the homeowners to add the pool, pool deck, lawn, planting, irrigation, and outdoor living areas that now define the backyard.
If a steep grade is taking usable space away from your property, Edmonds Environmental can evaluate how retaining walls, fill, drainage, and site work can create more functional ground.
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