Scenic Rim Retaining Wall Builders000
A long concrete sleeper boundary wall beside a house

Applications

Applications

Four kinds of job cover everything we build. They’re priced differently and they’re built differently.

01 / Boundary

Long runs that have to stay dead straight, often with a fence going on top.

A long concrete sleeper wall running the full length of a boundary

The longest runs we build, and the least forgiving. A boundary wall is looked at from both sides for decades, so the line has to be dead straight through ground that isn't. There's often a fence going on top. We don't build fences, but we can put you in touch with a fencing contractor we trust. Talk to your neighbour before we start. Neighbour and boundary arrangements are yours to make, and we'd only need to speak with them if we need access through their property to build the wall.

Boundary retaining walls
02 / Terrace

Turning a slope into flat ground you can use, in steps rather than one tall wall.

A terraced sleeper wall stepping up a slope with steps cut into it

Turning a slope into ground you can stand on. Two or three low walls stepping up a bank usually look better than one tall one, and the water has somewhere to go at every level rather than all of it arriving at the bottom. Check with your local council about approvals before you settle on a design.

Terraced retaining walls
03 / Structural

Walls carrying something above them: a pergola, a shed pad, a driveway.

A feature sleeper wall carrying a deck above it at Camira

A wall holding something above it: a pergola, a shed pad, a driveway, a slab. A load behind a wall changes what the wall has to be. We don't take on walls with a driveway, shed pad or slab within 1.5 metres above them, because those need engineering, so we'll tell you at the start if yours is one of them.

Structural retaining walls
04 / Rebuild

Knocking down a wall that's failed and building it again properly, with footings and drainage.

A street frontage rebuilt in concrete sleepers at Robina

Most of our work, and what we're known for. Jake knocks the old wall down and takes it away, then sets out the new one and digs the pier holes, usually on the first day. We don't repair walls built by other contractors. Once we alter an existing wall, we may become responsible for work we didn't build, so we only build new walls and full replacements.

Knock down and rebuild

How a rebuild runs

Replacing a wall that failed, with the footings and drainage it was missing.

Knock down and rebuild is what we're known for, and it's most of our work.

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    Why the first one failed

    Many of the walls we replace failed a year or so after they went in, nearly always for the same reasons: no drainage, hand mixed concrete and small footings. The worst one we've replaced cost its owners about $30,000, removal and disposal included.

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    We don't repair it, we replace it

    We don't patch walls built by other contractors. Once we alter an existing wall, we may become responsible for work we didn't build, so the old wall comes down and a new one goes in.

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    Old wall out, new posts in

    The old wall's removed and disposed of, then it's the same as a new wall. The holes are drilled with the right auger for the job, 450 millimetres on some walls and 300 millimetres on others, and galvanised steel posts go in with 32 MPa concrete from the plant, left to set before the sleepers go in.

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    The drainage it never had

    Geofabric, 100 millimetre socked ag pipe and 20 millimetre drainage gravel behind the wall. That's what the first one was missing, and it's what gives water somewhere to go this time.

The fence

We build the wall. A fencing contractor we trust builds the fence.

Most retaining walls end up with a fence on top. We leave the wall straight and the levels right, so the fencer who follows has a clean start, and we work closely with a fencing contractor we trust who can quote the fence for you.

If the wall is on the boundary, talk to your neighbour before we start. Neighbour and boundary arrangements are yours to make. We’d only need to speak with them if we need access through their property to build the wall.

Rebuilds

Not answered here? Call us on 0488 844 741.

What people ask about replacing a wall

Things worth walking out and looking at: it leans out at the top, sleepers bow between the posts, the ground behind it is dropping, timber is soft at ground level, or water comes out of the face after rain.

A wall that's been leaning for two years will lean for another one, right up until the day it doesn't.

No, we don't do repairs. Once we alter a wall another contractor built, we may become responsible for work we didn't build.

So if your wall is failing, we'll quote a knock down and rebuild.

The ones we replace nearly always come down to the same three things: no drainage, hand mixed concrete, and small footings. A lot of them fail within a year or so of going in.

The worst one we've replaced cost its owners about $30,000 once the removal and disposal of the failed wall was included.

Why walls fail

We do. Removing and disposing of the old wall is part of the quote.

Yes. Fence brackets fix to the wall's steel posts and the fence stands on those. The brackets go on before the top two sleepers, so tell us when you ask for the quote, not once the wall is up.

We fit the brackets as part of the wall. The fence itself is a fencer's job, and we can put you in touch with one we trust.

Fence brackets, in order

29 people have written about what it was like, and they all write about the same things.

The thing people tell us most is that they can’t believe it’s only the two of us. After that, it’s how fast Jake works, how clean he leaves the site, and the quality of the wall.

Reviews published on Google. Names as the reviewers gave them.

Why people trust us

Jake has more than 12 years in the industry, and he and Brittany started the business in 2023.

Jake builds it

The person who quotes your wall is the person who builds it, on site from about 6:30, with no crew you've never met.

Licensed and insured

QBCC licensed for structural landscaping, with $20 million public liability behind the work.

Drainage behind the wall

Geofabric behind every wall, a 100 millimetre socked ag pipe, and the space behind the sleepers backfilled with 20 millimetre recycled drainage gravel.

We stop at a metre, and say so early

We build up to 1 metre retained and refer anything over that. You'll hear it on the phone, not three quotes later.

QBCC licence 15049372 (Jacob Spriggs)

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Tell us about the block

Six short questions, about two minutes. Brittany calls you back, then Jake comes out and measures the wall. Quotes are locked for 30 days, and the price only changes if you ask for extra work and approve it first.

A long timber look concrete sleeper wall with steps, running along a slope

Talk to us about your wall

Six short questions, about two minutes. Your details come first, so if anything cuts out halfway we can still call you back.

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