Retaining Wall in Gainesboro, TN

An L-shaped big-block wall, about 8 feet tall, at the walkout basement of a new home in Gainesboro, Jackson County. Finished September 2026.

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Before and after: a raw red clay bank at a walkout basement, then the finished L-shaped Redi-Rock retaining wall, Gainesboro TN — Before, September 11. After, September 23.

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The Problem

A raw clay bank against the basement door

Raw red clay bank cut against a walkout basement door before the retaining wall, Gainesboro TN — September 11, 2026: the bank before the wall.

Paint marks on the red clay laying out the retaining wall line at the walkout basement, with standing water at the low spot, Gainesboro TN — Paint marks laying out the wall line.

In September 2026 the back of this new home in Gainesboro had a raw bank of red clay, about 8 feet tall, cut right against the walkout basement door. Nothing was holding it back. Water stood in the low spot by the door, and a clay cut like that washes down a little more with every hard rain.

The paint marks lay out where the wall would go: an L shape that wraps the corner beside the basement door.

The Build

How we built it

Dug down and built the pad. We dug to grade and compacted a crushed-stone leveling pad under the whole wall.
Buried the first course. The bottom row of blocks sits a foot below finished grade, so the ground in front locks the base of the wall in place.
Set the blocks by machine. We set Redi-Rock® big blocks with our own mini excavator, turning the corner beside the basement door. The wall stands on its own weight, with no reinforcing grid buried back into the yard.
Built in the drainage. Clean #57 stone behind the wall, the full height, wrapped in filter fabric, with a 4-inch perforated drain at the base that runs to daylight.
Cleaned up. About a week on site, then cleanup.

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The Result

A wall that holds the bank and lets the water out

Finished L-shaped Redi-Rock gravity retaining wall, about 8 feet tall, beside the walkout basement door, Gainesboro TN — September 23, 2026: the finished wall, dry and gray.

The finished retaining wall seen from the side, blocks stepping back into the hill, new house behind, Gainesboro TN — The corner, with each course stepping back into the hill.

The same Gainesboro retaining wall wet after rain, reading charcoal — After a rain, the same wall reads charcoal.

The bank is held, the water has a way out, and the basement door opens onto flat ground.

In Writing

Our 1-year workmanship guarantee

“If your wall leans, bulges, or settles in the first year because of how we built it, we come back and fix it free.”

It’s our own guarantee on our workmanship, and you get it in writing.

Have a hill or a failing wall in Jackson County?

We build new retaining walls and replace failing ones across Gainesboro and the rest of Jackson County. Big block, small block or ecology block, the first step is a free on-site look and a written quote. No prices over the phone, because every wall depends on its height, length, access and soil.

Let’s go look at your hill.

New wall on a steep lot or an old wall that’s leaning, we come out, we look, and you get a written scope and price before anyone digs. No pressure.

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