Scenic Rim Retaining Wall Builders000
Taking out a wall that’s failed and building it again with the footings and drainage it was missing. It’s what we’re known for.
Rebuild

Knock down and rebuild

Rebuild

Taking out a wall that’s failed and building it again with the footings and drainage it was missing. It’s what we’re known for.

  • Old wall out and gone on day one
  • The drainage the first one never had
  • No repairs, only full replacements
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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What it is

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.

What decides this job

Why the first one failed

Nearly always the same three things: no drainage, hand mixed concrete and small footings. Many of them fail within a year or so of going in.

We don’t repair walls

Once we alter a wall another contractor built, we may become responsible for work we didn’t build. So we replace it.

Day one

Jake knocks the old wall down and takes it away, then sets out, runs the string lines and starts digging the pier holes.

What goes in

Galvanised steel posts in pier holes drilled with the right auger for the job, 450 mm on some walls and 300 mm on others, concreted with 32 MPa concrete from the plant. Then steel reinforced concrete sleepers, with geofabric, a 100 mm socked ag pipe and 20 mm drainage gravel behind the wall.

Know roughly how long and how high? Brittany can give you an estimate over the phone.

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 with this

Taking out a wall that’s failed and building it again with the footings and drainage it was missing. It’s what we’re known for.

What we're known for

Knock down and rebuild is most of our work, and it's the job people ask us for by name.

The old wall leaves with us

Jake knocks it down and takes it away, then sets out the new one and starts digging pier holes, usually all on the first day.

We replace, we don't patch

Once we alter a wall another contractor built, we may become responsible for work we didn't build. So we quote it as a rebuild.

We'll tell you why the first one failed

Nearly always no drainage, hand mixed concrete and small footings. The worst one we replaced cost its owners about $30,000 with the removal included.

Built with what the first one was missing

Piers drilled with the right auger for the job, 450 mm on some walls and 300 mm on others, then 32 MPa plant concrete, steel reinforced sleepers, geofabric, a 100 mm socked ag pipe and 20 mm drainage gravel.

One price, locked

Removal and disposal are in the quote, and the price is locked for 30 days. It only changes if you ask for extra work and approve it first.

Rebuild walls we've built

A few of ours, and where they are.

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.

Jake measures it on a Saturday, and the quote you accept is locked for 30 days.

The other three

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
Next

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.

Step 1 of 6 / You

Your name and number are saved when you press Next, so we can call you back if you don't finish. Sending this agrees to our privacy policy, including the overseas handling it describes.

*Mandatory field

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