Journal
The four questions we get asked most, answered properly. If you’re getting quotes, read the cost one before you compare them.
Who is responsible for a retaining wall on a boundary?
Retaining walls aren't covered by the dividing fences legislation. Responsibility follows the benefit.
Walls don't fail because the sleepers were wrong
Water gets behind the wall and has nowhere to go. Everything else is a symptom.
What a retaining wall costs, and why the quotes are thousands apart
Published Australian rates by material, and the seven lines that decide whether a quote is real.
Do you need approval for a retaining wall in Queensland?
The one metre rule, what a surcharge load actually is, and the part almost everybody measures wrong.
Tell us about the block
Six short questions, about two minutes. Brittany rings you back, then Jake comes out and measures it. Quotes are locked for 30 days, with no builder variations.
