Retaining Walls in Lincoln, Christchurch
Top Retaining Walls Christchurch works throughout Lincoln. Boundary retaining between new lots, landscape and garden walls, driveway edges and level changes on the subdivisions expanding around the town.
- Housing here: New subdivision and university town housing
- Most common job: Boundary and landscape retaining
- Free site visit and a fixed written quote
- Drainage and consent handled, not extra
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Lincoln grew 8.1 percent in a single year at the peak of Selwyn's expansion, second only to Rolleston within the district. It is flat, it is being developed at pace, and the retaining requirement is almost entirely about boundaries between graded platforms rather than about holding a hillside.
Lincoln boundary retaining walls, done once rather than twice
The wall between two new lots is a job that is far cheaper done once than done twice. Where both sides are building, one wall serving both is the obvious answer, and it needs a conversation between owners before either house is finished.
Where only one side is developed, the wall still has to be designed for the eventual finished level on the other side rather than the bare platform sitting there today.
Landscape retaining walls once the house is up
The second wave of work in a new suburb is landscaping: terraced beds, a level lawn, planters, walls either side of steps. It usually arrives a year or two after the house.
Those walls are almost always under the consent threshold and they are where the design decisions actually matter, because they are the ones you look at from the kitchen window.
Flat ground and straightforward retaining wall pricing
Good access, level sections and modest heights make Lincoln some of the most predictable work we price. The variables are wall length and finish rather than engineering.
Drainage still gets installed on every wall. Flat ground reduces the load, not the water.
Retaining wall jobs we get called out for in Lincoln
- Retaining Wall Builders in Lincoln, free site visit and a fixed written quote.
- Retaining Wall Repair in Lincoln, we find out why it moved before quoting anything.
- Earthquake Wall Repair in Lincoln, walls damaged in 2010 and 2011 still failing today.
- Wall Stabilisation in Lincoln, stops movement without a full rebuild.
- Retaining Wall Insurance Claims in Lincoln, damage photographed before anything is touched.
Lincoln sits on the same run as Halswell, Rolleston and Prebbleton, so we are usually in the area anyway.
Retaining walls in Lincoln: common questions
When should I sort the boundary wall?
Ideally while both sides are building, because one wall serving both is far cheaper than two built a year apart.
Do low landscape walls need consent?
Usually not, provided they retain 1.5 metres or less and nothing sits above them.
When should we sort the boundary retaining wall?
Ideally while both sides are building, because one wall serving both is far cheaper and tidier than two built a year apart. If only your side is going up, the wall still has to be designed for the level that will eventually exist next door.
Do low landscape walls in Lincoln need consent?
Usually not, provided they retain 1.5 metres or less with nothing above them. Terracing several close together is the exception, because they are assessed as one combined structure.
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