About
About Pittsburgh Retaining Walls
Pittsburgh Retaining Walls is a local service site for one job: helping Pittsburgh households hold their hillsides in place.
Pittsburgh is a city of hills. Steep yards, clay soil and freeze-thaw winters mean retaining walls work hard here, and old walls built without a proper base or drainage eventually lean, crack or give way. A well-built wall holds the soil back, keeps it off your driveway and sidewalk, and can turn a slope into a usable yard.
This site makes getting help easy. Describe your yard once using our quote form, and your request goes to a local retaining wall contractor covering your area. They review the details and follow up with a free written estimate. There’s no cost to you for using the site and no obligation to go ahead.
Who this site is for
Hillside homeowners
Your yard is more slope than lawn, and you want a wall that holds the ground in place and makes the space usable.
Owners of tired walls
Your wall leans, bulges, cracks or is made of rotting timbers, and you want to know whether to repair or rebuild it.
New move-ins
You just bought a Pittsburgh home with an old wall out back and no idea how long it has left.
What we cover
- Retaining Wall Installation: New block, stone or timber walls to hold back a steep yard, level a patio area or support a driveway.
- Retaining Wall Repair: Leaning, bulging, cracked or crumbling walls, loose blocks and stone, and walls with water problems behind them.
- Retaining Wall Replacement: Tear out an old, failing or rotting wall and rebuild it with a proper base, drainage and long-lasting materials.
- Wall Drainage: French drains, drain pipe, weep holes and gravel behind walls so water stops pushing your wall over.
Where we cover
Homes across the City of Pittsburgh, with requests from nearby Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park, Upper St. Clair, Ross, Shaler, McCandless, Wexford, Cranberry, Monroeville, Penn Hills and the rest of Allegheny County welcome.
Before you hire anyone
Whoever builds or repairs your wall, ask for a written estimate that lists the material, height, length, drainage and cleanup, and ask about the warranty. Confirm the contractor is registered as a home improvement contractor with the Pennsylvania Attorney General and carries insurance, and ask who will pull any permit the job needs. Our terms explain how requests are handled.
Get a free written estimate
Tell us about your yard and your wall. A local retaining wall contractor will follow up by your preferred contact method.