Retaining Wall and Paver Pictures
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These homeowners in Oakville, MO were looking for a St. Louis hardscape contractor with great hardscape design ideas on how to expand their usable backyard space while replacing this old wooden deck and these old R.R. tie retaining walls. They found the best hardscape contractor in the St. Louis, MO metro area when Agape Retaining Walls, Inc.’s custom hardscape design consultant came out with this custom hardscape vision for the complete transformation of their backyard outdoor living space. The Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. hardscape design called for the new Rockwood retaining wall to be installed 3-4 l.f. back into the hillside and excavation of the left side of their yard. Notice in the pictures the increased usable backyard space these Rockwood Retaining Wall 6” Colonial Stone taupe/black blend retaining walls creates for them. This large terraced wall was the retaining wall solution to the homeowner’s dream to have a larger backyard for their family. The geo-grid used in the retaining wall engineering is a Raugrid 3/3-20. The interlock between the Raugrid, the Rockwood block, and the compacted rock will allow this Rockwood Retaining Wall to retain this hillside for as many decades as the homeowners need.  Also, the Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. custom hardscape design called for the old wood deck to be taken out and replaced by this Rockwood Retaining Wall StoneHedge free standing seat wall with these great looking Rockwood Block columns and these top of the line Belgard Dublin Collection patio pavers providing the custom hardscape finishing touch to this St. Louis hardscape masterpiece.

These homeowners in Sunset Hills, MO already had hired Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. to engineer and install a structural Rockwood Retaining Wall years before to hold up their backyard. So when they were in need of a hardscape design and installation to put the finishing touches on this new addition to their home, they called Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. back into action to see what kind of hardscape solutions our hardscape design consultant would come up with. Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. designed and installed these Rockwood Retaining Wall Colonial taupe/black blend walls to give structural support to these Belgard Dublin Collection patio pavers. Take a good look at the Rockwood Retaining Wall steps coming off the home. The before and after pictures say it all about this hardscape project. The space for the backyard patio area was a blank canvas for our craftsmen to paint this outdoor hardscape patio masterpiece upon. The homeowners love the hardscape design and installation, and to help make sure you pick the right hardscape contractor in St. Louis they wrote a great review for Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. at yellowpages.com under the search term “retaining walls in St. Louis”.

These homeowners in Jefferson Co., MO needed a structural retaining wall to retain these concrete deck piers that had started moving due to a combination of factors including the steep slope of the hillside, the effects of erosion on the hillside, and the weight of the deck itself that put a bearing load on the piers. If you look at the before pictures, you can see the concrete deck piers have actually shifted and would have fallen over time without our structural retaining wall solution. The homeowners called up several retaining wall contractors in the St. Louis metro and Jefferson, Co., MO area and were impressed enough with Agape Retaining Walls, Inc.’s knowledge and experience in retaining wall designs, engineering, and installation that we were chosen to design and engineer the retaining wall solution for their unique dilemma. We designed and installed this great looking Rockwood Retaining Wall using the Rockwood 8” Classic stone. Structural retaining walls that have a bearing load need to be engineered with a lot of geo-grid. For this retaining wall Agape used a Raugrid designed to stabilize backfill and soil by dispersing weight and therefore providing increased bearing load capacity for our structural retaining wall holding up these deck piers on this hillside. Geo-grid is used behind almost all retaining wall systems over 4’ tall. Geogrid is always used in modular block retaining wall systems when the retaining wall design and engineering calls for geo-grid to hold a bearing load that is too great for a simple gravity retaining wall. To find out more about how geogrid works in retaining walls feel free to email or call us. It will be a pleasure for our professional retaining wall design staff to give you retaining wall solutions to your custom retaining wall design needs.

Some of our retaining wall projects at Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. are just simple gravity walls like this one in Imperial, MO. We used this Rockwood Retaining Wall Colonial Stone to give the homeowners a great looking decorative retaining wall in the front of their home. This gravity wall was simple to design and install and because it is a Rockwood Retaining Wall less than 4’ in height there was no need for us to use geogrid. When a gravity wall like this one has no bearing load, no geogrid is required for the wall to stand for as many years as needed.

What a difference a great hardscape contractor like Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. can make for your outdoor hardscape solutions. I love showing people our designs and craftsmanship on hardscape projects like this one. These homeowners in Fenton, MO choose to replace the old tie walls with these great looking Rockwood Retaining Wall Colonial Stone taupe/black blend blocks. The homeowners wanted our hardscape design to call for the replacement of the old concrete with these great looking Belgard Dublin Collection pavers for their new patio area. After our hardscape work was done the homeowners brought in a professional landscaper to plant softscapes to complement our hardscape installation and the result speaks for itself. Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. is “Simply the Best” in hardscape design and installation in the St. Louis, MO metro area. Email or call us today for your free hardscape consultation and bid.

These homeowners in Sunset Hills, MO called out several retaining wall and landscape contractors to give them hardscape design ideas for their new home hardscape design and installation. Though I find it hard to believe, they told our hardscape design consultant that Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. was the only contractor who came out with any good ideas. We so appreciate the opportunity to be a part of this family’s outdoor living space design and installation. I truly believe I have the best job in the world with the best people working for me. Our designs start off as just a vision in our design consultants mind. He uses his experience alongside what the homeowner is telling him to envision what could be. After the homeowners decide to choose us as their hardscape contractor then our professional installers come out and make that hardscape vision become reality. The amazing thing about the hardscape installers at Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. is that their installation on many occasions looks even better than the vision we had to start with. I love thinking about all the years our hardscape installation and design will be used by this family. Their children will grow up playing and enjoying our hard work and experience. Once we have done our job there is no telling how many great memories friends and family will make together on our custom hardscape design and installation. These homeowners also were nice enough to write a great review for us at yellowpages.com under retaining walls in St. Louis. To receive a free consultation and bid on your   hardscape need whether it is a retaining wall or interlocking paver installation, email or call us today and it will be our pleasure to help your hardscape dreams to become your hardscape reality.

This 220 l.f. 20’ total height structural terraced Rockwood Retaining Wall installed in Sunset hills, MO was designed and installed by Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. and was engineered using the Raugrid geogrid to increase the load bearing capacity of the retaining wall system. The Rockwood Retaining Wall 8”  Rustic Stone was used in combination with compacted minus rock for footing and backfill, clean rock for hydrostatic release and geogrid to complete a Rockwood Retaining Wall system that will retain this hillside for as many years as these homeowners need. If you   are looking for a retaining wall contractor more than capable to take care of your   retaining wall design, engineering and installation for any size large structural retaining wall project email or call Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. today for your free retaining wall consultation and bid and see for yourself   why Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. is “Simply the Best” retaining wall contractor in the St. Louis, MO metro area.

This 9’ total height Rockwood Retaining Wall using 8” Rustic Stone was designed and installed by Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. This home builder in Sunset Hills, MO needed a structural retaining wall to hold up the side of his front yard. This Retaining Wall is engineered with 7 l.f. long Raugrid geogrid in the tallest section of this retaining wall and the quality of Agape Retaining Walls, Inc.’s craftsmanship is made easier by the quality of this Rockwood Retaining Wall stone manufactured in St. Louis, MO by Lemay Concrete Block and Brick.

This Rockwood Retaining Wall and Romanstone patio paver installation in Oakville, MO was designed and installed by Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. This is a hardscape picture of rags to riches between the old backyard area and the new hardscape masterpiece. If you have a backyard patio area in need of a total outdoor hardscape design solution and you like what we have done for these homeowners email or call us today and get your free hardscape consultation and bid and see for yourself why Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. is “Simply the Best” hardscape contractor in the St. Louis, MO metro area.

These homeowners in St. Louis County, MO needed to have this old tie retaining wall replaced with a concrete modular block retaining wall system. After taking bids from several retaining wall and landscape contractors from around St. Louis, we at Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. were chosen as the retaining wall contractor to do the job. We installed this very nice looking Rockwood 8” Classic Retaining Wall System. This system consists of the Rockwood Classic 8” straight face stone natural in color, 1” clean rock for the footing and the backfill, along with Stragrid geogrid. This retaining wall is structural at right under 10’ in height therefore it needed to be engineered for St. Louis County plan reviewers to give their approval for the retaining wall permits. In St. Louis County, all retaining walls 6’ in height or taller need to be engineered to receive a retaining wall permit. Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. installed Sono-Tubes right behind the top of the retaining wall to provide a hollow cylinder through the geogrid for the fence post to be placed into. Never allow any contractor to use an augur to dig for fence posts behind a structural retaining wall that has geogrid because the auger could get caught in the geogrid possibly damaging the geogrid or tearing the geogrid from the face of the retaining wall. Always insist that the retaining wall contractor place Sono-tubes like this for any future fence or that the fence contactor hand digs for the post holes so that there is no possibility of geogrid damage.

This homeowner in Jefferson County, MO chose Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. as their retaining wall contractor to do this small decorative wall in front of their home. Those old bushes were taken out and hauled away to be replaced with this great looking Rockwood Retaining Wall Cottage Stone with the Rockwood Cottage Stone cap. The homeowners really like the new wall and I cannot wait to get pictures of it after everything has been landscaped.

What can I say about this very small Rockwood Cottage Stone wall around this mailbox? It looks better than it did before and the homeowners really like it. Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. takes pride even in our smallest hardscape projects.

Agape Retaining Walls, Inc was chosen as the retaining wall contractor to replace this old tie retaining wall with this great looking Rockwood Retaining Wall 8” Classic three way split face stone red/black blend in color. These Rockwood Retaining Wall blocks are manufactured in St. Louis by Lemay Concrete Block. If you like the look of our quality retaining wall installation and are looking for a retaining wall contractor make sure to email us or call us today to get your free retaining wall or interlocking paver consultation and estimate.

These homeowners in St. Louis, MO chose Agape Retaining Walls, Inc. as their retaining wall contractor to replace this old railroad tie retaining wall. The homeowners chose this Rockwood 6” Classic straight face stone. This retaining wall is a great improvement on what they had. If you are impressed by the quality hardscape installation, you see on this page make sure to email or call today for your free consultation and estimate.