Chabla's Construction LLC builds engineered retaining walls in natural stone and segmental block across Connecticut. We handle the part that matters most — the base, the drainage, and the backfill that keep the wall standing — and finish them with a face that complements your home. As a licensed, fully insured contractor, we give free estimates and build every wall to take the load it's designed for.
Retaining Walls Are 90% What You Can't See
The face of a retaining wall is the easy part. The reason walls fail is almost always hidden: no footing below frost depth, no drainage behind the wall, or soil backfilled instead of free-draining stone. Water is the enemy of every retaining wall — when it builds up behind the face and freezes, the pressure is enormous.
We build retaining walls on a compacted crushed-stone base, with perforated drain pipe and free-draining gravel backfill behind the face so water has somewhere to go. We batter the wall back into the slope, and on taller walls we add geogrid reinforcement that ties the wall deep into the retained soil. These details are why our walls hold.
Natural Stone or Segmental Block
Natural stone retaining walls — fieldstone or quarried granite — give you that hand-built, rooted New England look and tremendous durability. Segmental retaining wall (SRB) block systems are engineered, modular, and excellent for taller or longer walls where consistent geometry and reinforcement matter. Both are great options; the right one depends on your height, your budget, and the look you want.
We'll walk your site, look at the grade and what's loading the wall, and recommend the material and system that fits. If a wall is tall enough to require an engineer's stamp, we'll tell you that up front.
Reclaim Slope as Usable Space
The best retaining walls do double duty. Terrace a backyard slope and you gain a level lawn or a patio that wasn't there before. Cut a wall into a bank beside the driveway and you stop the erosion that's been washing soil onto the pavement every spring. Step a series of low walls down a grade and you create planting terraces that turn an awkward hill into the best part of the yard.
Because we also build patios, walkways, and steps, we can design the wall and the flat space it creates together — so you end up with a finished, usable outdoor room rather than just a wall.
Built to Code, Built to Last
A retaining wall is a structural element, not just decoration. We build to proper standards, set walls below frost line where required, and never cut corners on drainage or compaction to hit a lower number. That's the only way to give you a wall that's still straight and tight a decade from now — which is the whole point.
