Hold
the hill.
Engineered retaining walls, driveway walls and paver patios — built with real drainage, geogrid and a proper base so they stand for decades, not a season.
Step 1 / 3
What are we building?
Step 1 / 3
What are we building?
60-second diagnosis
Tap what your
wall is doing.
Every one of these gets worse after the next hard rain. Tap the one you're seeing — it opens a text to Jake with your issue already filled in. Snap a photo, hit send.
It's leaning
Top of the wall tipping toward you. Pressure is winning.
It's bulging
A belly in the middle courses. Water is trapped behind it.
It's cracking
Stair-step or vertical cracks, blocks shifting apart.
Water pours through
Mud or water weeping out of the face after rain.
Driveway is sinking
Edge of the drive settling or breaking off at the wall.
The hill is moving
No wall yet — just a slope that washes out every spring.
Anatomy of a wall that lasts
The cheap wall and the right wall look the same. For about a year.
01 / 06 — Excavate & compact
We dig below frost and compact native soil. Skip this and the whole wall settles with the ground under it.
What we build
Walls first.
Then what's on top.
Not just walls
We lay
pavers too.
Same crew, same standard. Excavated, compacted and screeded right — so your patio stays flat and your joints stay tight instead of heaving after the first winter. Pair it with a wall or have us do it on its own.
Patios
Level, square, built on a real base
Walkways
Front door, side yard, garden paths
Fire-pit areas
Built-in rings and seating pads
Steps & landings
Grade changes you can actually walk
Same backyard · drag it
Dead slope →
usable yard.
A hillside nobody could use, turned into a level patio held by a curved block wall. That's what a wall is really for: getting your yard back.
Built in the 513 & the 859.
Swipe → real jobs, real crew
Recent builds
Jake Patterson
Founder · on every job
Who shows up
You'll deal
with Jake.
Not a salesman.
Jake started The Retaining Wall Company to do one thing better than anyone in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky: build walls that actually last. Engineered walls, Allan Block and driveway walls — the jobs that take real structural know-how, not just a shovel and a level.
“Solid crew, showed up when they said they would, and the retaining wall they built for our patio project is exactly what we wanted.”
7 yrs
building walls here
1
crew lead, start to finish
$0
on-site estimate
What happens after you reach out
Four steps. Zero runaround.
Reach out
Call, text a photo, or fill out the form below. Jake gets it on his phone — not a call center.
On-site walk
Jake walks the slope with you, checks drainage and soil, and talks through what the wall actually needs.
Written plan + price
Wall system, height, drainage, geogrid and a clear number. No pressure, no surprise change orders.
Build
One crew from excavation to cap. Site left clean. A wall you never have to think about again.
Straight answers
Questions people ask Jake.
How much does a retaining wall cost?+
It depends on height, length, access, soil and drainage — a short garden wall and a tall engineered wall under a driveway are completely different jobs. Jake gives you a written number after a free on-site walk, so you're never guessing off a square-foot average.
Do I need an engineered wall?+
Taller walls, walls holding up a driveway, structure or steep slope, and walls in poor soil usually do — and many municipalities require engineering past a certain height. We'll tell you straight on the walk-through whether yours needs it.
My wall is leaning or bulging. Can it be repaired?+
Sometimes a section can be rebuilt; often the real problem is drainage that was never installed, and the wall needs to come out and go back in correctly. Text Jake a photo and he'll tell you which one you're looking at.
What's the difference between Allan Block and poured concrete?+
Segmental block like Allan Block flexes slightly with freeze-thaw, drains by design and is easy to repair course by course. Poured walls can crack when water gets trapped behind them. For most residential walls in Cincinnati and NKY, engineered block is the better long-term call.
How long does a build take?+
Most residential walls are a matter of days to a couple of weeks once we're on site, depending on size and access. You'll get the schedule in writing with your estimate.
What areas do you serve?+
Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky — Anderson Township, Hyde Park, Mason, Fort Thomas, Crestview Hills and everywhere in between. If you're not sure, just call.
Free on-site estimate
Let's look
at your hill.
Tell us where and what — Jake will reach out to set up a time to walk the site. No cost, no pressure.
Get your free estimate
- 1Send Jake a quick message — what and where.
- 2He'll set up a time to walk the site.
- 3You get a written number. No pressure.