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The retaining wall should be set embedded below grade on a level base of 6 gravel or stone.
We recommend making the base twice as wide as the block depth to account for settling.
This type of retaining wall is much thicker and leverages its extreme weight.
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Preparing the retaining wall base.
Determine the volume of gravel needed for a dry stack stone wall foundation using the formula.
Natural stone stacked to 12 deep and 4 high.
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The cost of a retaining wall depends on the material chosen the overall height of the wall and the length of the wall.
Stone wall installation labor basic basic labor to install stone wall with favorable site conditions.
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Rubble smaller stones cut stone stone bricks and boulder walls larger stones.
See our retaining wall cost guide to find the average price of a retaining wall.
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.
3 above grade max height.
It is harder to calculate the area of rubble and boulder walls due to the different shapes and sizes of the stones.
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.
Average 1 25 blocks per sf wall face.
Quantity includes typical waste overage material for repair and local delivery.
Quantity includes typical waste overage material for repair and local delivery.
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Gravity retaining walls brick brick masonry stone natural stone limestone and faux stone.
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The stone wall foundation requires a 4 inch bed of gravel.
Retaining wall installation labor basic.
Retaining wall material can range in price from 10 40 per square foot with some material options including cinder block wood interlocking concrete block natural stone or poured concrete.
There are three types of popular stone walls.
Dry stack stone interlocking block wall.
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.
Length x width x height volume in cubic feet.