Spanish Fork, Utah
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We grade Spanish Fork yards so water runs away from the house, and we build retaining walls that hold up on Lake Bonneville silt and river-bottom ground.
“Sidewalks, retaining wall, and raised garden are all beautifully done.”
“We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help.”
Grading and Retaining Walls in Spanish Fork
Most Spanish Fork yards are not steep. The trouble is the opposite. A lot of town is close to flat, so water has nowhere obvious to go. Rain and snowmelt sit against the foundation, run under the patio, or pond in the middle of the lawn. On Lake Bonneville silt that water does not soak in fast, and it can hang around for days after a storm.
Where there is real grade, it tends to be up toward the canyon mouth or on lots that step down toward the Spanish Fork River. Those are the yards that need retaining walls, and walls on silt need a good footing with drain rock behind them. Without that, the wet soil pushes the wall forward a little each spring until you can see the lean from the street.
We start every Spanish Fork grading job with a level and a plan for where the water goes, not with a skid steer. We set the slope away from the house, cut swales where the yard needs them, and add drains where the ground will not move water on its own. Walls get a compacted base, a drain pipe and gravel backfill, and taller ones get an engineer.
Spanish Fork has the biggest canyon airshed on the Wasatch Front, and the nightly downslope wind is the single thing an outside crew gets wrong here: it dries lawns and blows sprinkler spray right off target.
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The Spanish Fork challenges
A yard that looks flat still needs fall. On many Spanish Fork lots the builder left it dead level or even tipped back toward the house. Water then soaks along the foundation and freezes against it. You may see it as a wet window well, a damp basement corner, or a strip of ice on the back walk.
Wet silt is heavy, and it gets heavier when it freezes. A block wall built without drain rock behind it has that full wet load leaning on it all winter. Each freeze-thaw cycle nudges it. Within a few years the top course is out of line and the cap stones start to pop loose.
Ground near the Spanish Fork River is alluvium, layers of silt, sand and gravel laid down by the water. It can be soft in one corner and firm in the next. A wall footing that crosses a soft layer settles unevenly, so these lots take more probing with a shovel before we set a line.
Spanish Fork puts retaining walls under its adopted building code, and taller walls bring engineering and inspections. If you want a fence on top of the wall, the fence has its own rule: over 3 feet needs a permit. Getting either one wrong after the fact can mean tearing it out.
The J&H approach
We set a laser level and mark where every part of the yard sits, so we know how much fall we have to work with. Then we draw where the water goes: away from the house, across the lawn, and out to a swale, a dry creek bed or a drain.
Every wall we build in Spanish Fork gets a compacted footing, a perforated drain pipe at the base, and clean gravel behind the block. The gravel lets water out so the silt cannot push. On taller walls we add geogrid back into the soil and follow the engineer's plan.
We call Spanish Fork Community Development before we price a wall that is getting tall, so the quote already includes any engineering and inspections. You are not hit with a surprise halfway through the job. We keep the permit paperwork in your job file.
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What homeowners say
"We had a really big project (full lot project) and a crazy timeline, and Jackson and his team were awesome. They are very efficient, work hard to get things done quick, and the quality of their work is top-notch. Great company. Great guys. I would highly recommend them for any landscaping needs."
"Jackson and his crew did a phenomenal job on our back yard. I had a vision and they brought it to life. We had them do a retaining wall, grading, underground trampoline, sprinkler system, and sod. They met deadlines, communication was on point, and the whole crew was friendly.…"
"…The job was completed quickly without sacrificing quality, and the results exceeded our expectations. We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help."
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