Palmerston North

Link block walls are hugely popular for their clean modern lines and flexible curves, and we build them in a wide range of finishes. They sit alongside our concrete sleeper, timber, stone and engineered structural options. We help you weigh up looks, lifespan and budget before deciding.

The short answer is that it varies. Councils and states each set their own triggers, and factors like wall height, proximity to boundaries or driveways and any easements all come into play. We check the requirements for your site and handle the paperwork if approval is needed.

The assessment we do on site covers the soil behind the proposed wall, the fall of the land, how trucks and machinery will get in and what excavation and drainage the job requires. Combined with height, length, materials and any approvals, that determines the price. A free written no-obligation quote is provided once we have seen it all.

From the first shovel in the ground to the finished wall, most home projects span a few days to about a week. Excavation, footings, drainage and the wall construction each have their place in the sequence. We map that sequence out for you so you can see how the week will run.

Waiting is the expensive option with a leaning wall, because movement only ever gets worse. Caught early, many walls can be stabilised with drainage upgrades, load relief or anchoring rather than a full rebuild. Leave it too long and replacement becomes the only responsible recommendation.

The law treats retaining walls as structural construction once they pass a modest size, and our licensing reflects that responsibility. We are insured for the work we do and arrange engineer certification whenever a wall calls for it. You receive the compliance documents along with the finished wall.

Getting an answer on coverage is quick and easy, usually within minutes of your call or online enquiry. We build throughout the local area and surrounding suburbs and accept most jobs across the wider region. No address is too obscure to ask about.

Everything starts with a site visit where we walk the area, take measurements, check access and soil conditions, and talk through what you want the wall to do. From there you receive a written quote, we handle any engineering or approvals required, and then the crew moves through excavation, footings, the wall itself, drainage and backfill before a tidy handover.

Our standard approach is gravel backfill over an ag pipe that carries water away from behind the wall, with weep holes through the face as an extra release. Without that escape route the soil becomes waterlogged and presses on the wall with several times its normal force. Drainage is part of every wall we construct, never an optional extra.

The work we do is covered by a guarantee that protects you against workmanship issues. On engineered walls, certification gives extra assurance the structure meets the design. Anything that does not look right after the job wraps up gets fixed on a return visit.