Install guides and free tools — so you know what to expect before you hire anyone.
Two or three shorter walls often beat one tall one — better looking, more plantable, and often no engineering stamp needed. But terraces only work when the geometry is respected. Here's the rule, and what happens when it's ignored.
The same process our crews follow: trench dimensions, base material, compaction in lifts, wall rock, and drainage — plus the tool list and the height where DIY legally ends in your city.
Every sunken patio failed underground. Here's the full process — excavation depth, base lifts, compaction, edge restraint set first, bedding sand, and polymeric sand — the way installation crews actually do it.
