Hydroseeding
We spray seed and mulch over new lawns, graded sites, cleared ground and cut banks. Once the grass takes, its roots hold the soil in place.
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Retaining walls turn a steep slope into ground you can use. A wall can hold a driveway cut into the hill or the pad for a new house. We build retaining walls on sloped mountain lots around Murphy and across the tri-state area. You choose the material, and we put the quote in writing.
Sanders Contracting is a demolition contractor in Murphy that also builds retaining walls. On a mountain lot, site development for a new house often needs a wall beside the pad or driveway. Drainage goes in behind every wall we build. We grade the ground in front of it too.
Tell us what you need done and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
If brush and small trees cover the slope, clearing the lot comes first. Then the excavator cuts the hill back where the wall will stand. It trenches a level base along the wall line. Packed gravel goes into that trench, and the first course sits below the finished grade.
On a mountain lot, the ground can keep rising above the wall and keep falling below it. The concrete block trade group's wall guide says a slope above a wall adds load. A slope below the wall makes it less stable.
Behind the wall, the backfill gets packed down in layers 8 inches thick or less, as that guide calls for. Soil from the cut can go back in when it packs well. The federal soil survey names a common mountain soil for nearby Hayesville, and its subsoil is red clay. The dump truck hauls off what the wall does not need.
Rain soaks into the slope and moves down to the back of the wall. The block trade group ranks soil and water first among the things that shape a wall. Its guide makes water a primary design concern, during the build and after it.
So every wall we build gets a drainage path. A band of crushed gravel sits right behind the wall. A drain pipe runs along the base and slopes to carry water out. For block walls, the guide has that pipe drain out at the wall face at least every 50 feet.
In front, we grade the ground so water moves away from the base of the wall. A bare bank above or below the wall can go back to grass with hydroseeding.
The state residential code lists the walls that need a design from a registered design professional, usually an engineer. A single wall makes the list once it holds back more than 5 feet of soil. Any wall that crosses a property line makes it at any height. So does a wall that supports a building.
Terraced walls count together. Two or more walls within 15 feet of each other need that design once their total height passes 5 feet. The code also says how to measure a wall with a steep slope behind it. Your county or town building inspections office can explain how that applies to your lot.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 100 miles around Murphy across western North Carolina, north Georgia and east Tennessee.
(828) 342-1467From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (828) 342-1467 or (828) 361-8764 with the address and what has to come down or get cleared.
We look at what has to come down and how the excavator gets in. Steep lots and soft ground change how a job runs.
You get the quote in writing, with the work spelled out. When you say yes, we set a date.
You have the utility shut off power and gas. The public lines get marked through NC 811 before any digging or demolition.
The excavator takes the structure down and the dump truck hauls the debris off. We leave the lot cleaned up and ready for what comes next.
Common questions about retaining walls around Murphy and the rest of the tri-state area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We spray seed and mulch over new lawns, graded sites, cleared ground and cut banks. Once the grass takes, its roots hold the soil in place.
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We haul off demolition, construction and storm debris with the excavator and the dump truck. Brush piles and stumps go too, and the site is left clean.
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We tear down old houses and cabins, including homes hurt by fire or storms. The debris goes out on our dump truck, and the lot is left clean for what comes next.
Learn MoreWe are based in Murphy, in Cherokee County. We take jobs across the tri-state area where North Carolina meets Georgia and Tennessee.
A large excavator and a small one do the tear-down. Our dump truck hauls the debris off, so one company handles the whole job.
We look at the job before we price it. You get the quote in writing, with the work spelled out.
Tell us what has to come down or get cleared, and where the job is. Call or text (828) 342-1467 or (828) 361-8764, or send the form, and we set a time to look at it.
Tell us what you need done and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.