Homeowner checklist

Retaining walls: the engineering behind the garden face

Use these steps to plan, check and keep a record of your next actions.

• Define the wall’s purpose and existing site constraints.
• Ask what assessment or engineering the site requires.
• Request the full footprint behind and beneath the visible face.
• Confirm surface and subsurface drainage outlets.
• Keep approved details, concealed-work checks and future loading restrictions.

Notes & questions to follow up