Garden & Retaining Walls for homes in Mapperley
We build walls — retaining walls that hold a change in level across a sloping garden, boundary and front garden walls, low walls that frame a patio or raise a planting bed, and the piers and steps that go with them. A retaining wall is a structural job rather than a decorative one: it needs footings dug to the right depth, the correct blockwork or masonry behind the face, and drainage built in behind it so water pressure does not build up and push it out over the following winters. We match brick and stone to the house as closely as the materials allow, and finish copings and caps so the top line of the wall runs true.
Working in Mapperley
Mapperley sits on high ground on Nottingham's north-eastern side, and the elevation is the defining feature of working there. Properties along and off the ridge frequently have gardens that fall away steeply behind the house, which turns a straightforward-sounding patio into a terracing and retaining job if it is going to be done properly — level platforms cut and held, steps linking them, and drainage designed so water is taken away rather than allowed to build behind a wall. The area has a good stock of solid inter-war semis and detached houses with bay frontages, alongside Victorian villas on the older streets and later infill development. Bay-fronted properties reward a driveway design that works with the frontage rather than simply paving the whole thing flat to the boundary.
What's included
- Retaining walls with correct footings and drainage
- Boundary, front garden and raised bed walls
- Piers, steps and copings
- Brick and stone matched to the property