by kylelindsey5@gmail.com | Oct 11, 2026 | Backyard Design
A retaining wall quote is a list of decisions. How deep the base goes. How much block sits below the grass. How wide the stone column behind it is. Whether reinforcement mesh shows up, and how far back you dig to place it. None of those are style choices. Each one...
by kylelindsey5@gmail.com | Oct 7, 2026 | Backyard Design
Most people size a retaining wall by how long it is. Length is the number you can pace off in the yard, so it is the number in the first phone call. It also tells you the least about what the wall will cost. Length is repetition. A wall twice as long is the same wall...
by kylelindsey5@gmail.com | Oct 5, 2026 | Backyard Design
Most retaining wall idea lists are galleries. A curved wall in a catalog, a terraced hillside in a magazine, a seating wall around a fire pit. They look good, and they tell you nothing about whether any of it belongs in your yard. What decides that is the grade, not...
by kylelindsey5@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2026 | Backyard Design
Seven structural types of retaining wall are in general use. On a residential lot in Indianapolis you will almost certainly end up with one of two. The other five are worth knowing so you can rule them out on purpose. The deciding question is not which material you...
by kylelindsey5@gmail.com | Oct 1, 2026 | Backyard Design
A retaining wall is a structure that holds soil in place where the ground changes height faster than soil can hold itself. That is the whole definition. Everything else is about what the wall has to survive to keep doing it. Most explanations stop at the soil, which...
by kylelindsey5@gmail.com | Sep 27, 2026 | Backyard Design
In 1984 the Schrack family opened Wicker Works in Brownsburg. It grew into one of the better known casual furniture stores in Indiana, and it stayed in the family for decades. Then the family was ready to retire, and there was no third generation to take it on. That...
