Wollongong blocks run from flat coastal lots to steep escarpment sites in suburbs like Mount Keira, Figtree and Mount Ousley. Heavy rain and clay soils put real pressure on retaining walls here, which is why so many older walls lean, bulge or fail. South Coast Retaining Walls builds walls for Wollongong conditions, with proper footings, drainage and our own excavation crew.
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The escarpment gives Wollongong its views, and it's also why so many backyards slope. Water runs off the hills fast in a big storm, and a wall without drainage behind it ends up holding back water as well as soil. Every wall we build in Wollongong gets drainage aggregate, ag pipe and a planned outlet, so the water has somewhere to go.
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Yes. We run our own excavators, including smaller machines for tight side access. Where machines can't get in, we plan the job around it.
Keep people and vehicles away from it and get it assessed. A wall that moved in a storm usually has a drainage or footing problem, and it can get worse in the next big rain.
Fairy Meadow, Figtree, Mount Keira, Mangerton, Keiraville, Corrimal, Woonona, Bulli, Thirroul, Unanderra, Dapto.