A retaining wall should do more than “hold dirt” In Munster and across Northwest Indiana, retaining walls take a beating from wet seasons, freeze/thaw cycles, and heavy clay soils that don’t drain quickly. When a wall is planned and built correctly, it looks sharp, improves usability, and protects your landscaping and hardscapes for years. When it’s built like an afterthought, the same wall can lean, crack, heave, or start shedding blocks sooner than you’d expect. Forest Landscaping builds retaining walls with a design/build mindset—meaning the wall is planned as part of the whole property (grading, drainage, patios, driveways, and lighting), not as a standalone “stack of blocks.” Why retaining walls fail (and why drainage is usually the culprit) Most “mysterious” retaining wall problems are caused by water building up behind the wall. That trapped water creates hydrostatic pressure—a force that pushes outward and can make a wall bow, tilt, or […]