Need privacy, a screen from the street or a wall to hold back a slope? We'll build a block wall made for that job.
A concrete block wall in Yakima gives you privacy, a screen from the street, some quiet and a break from the wind, and built as a retaining wall it holds back a slope, so the first thing to settle is what you need yours to do.
Most people who call us already know the problem. The neighbor's windows look straight into the yard, the street noise carries, the wind comes right across the lot, or the bank behind the house keeps sliding onto the lawn. Some just want a wall that looks good. A block wall can handle all of those, but the job it has to do decides the height, the steel inside it and whether it needs an engineer, so that's where I start.
The price moves with the wall's length and height, how many of the block cores get grouted, whether it holds back soil and how easy the spot is to reach with block and a mixer. The schedule turns on the weather and on what the city or county wants before we start, like a permit or an engineer's plan. When I come out, I'll measure the run with you and give you an estimate for your wall.
Here's how it goes from the first call to the finished wall. When you're ready, call (509) 452-1015 or use the form below.
I spent years laying brick and block for a big commercial outfit before I started this business in Yakima in 2023, and I still come out to look at every job myself. I'll tell you what I see and what I'd build, and you get an estimate for your wall.
Before anything gets dug, we check with the city or county office that covers your address, and if the wall needs a permit we take care of the paperwork with you. Then our crew builds it, and I stay involved the whole time they're on your job.
When the last block is set, I walk the finished wall with you so you can see the work up close and ask anything you want. We're fully licensed and insured. Satisfaction guaranteed.
We start by asking what the wall is for, because a privacy screen, a sound wall and a wall holding back a slope don't get built the same way. A block wall takes the weather on both sides, so it only lasts when the materials, the structural design and the workmanship are all right, and if you're comparing bids, ask each builder how they handle those three, because we'll walk you through all of them. Then we lay it out with the steel and grout the plan calls for. Grout bonds the block and the steel so they carry the load together, and a plan either fills only the cores holding steel or grouts every core solid, so I'll show you which one yours uses and why.
If the block is going under a house, a garage or an addition, that's foundation block wall installation, which is its own job with its own plan. Block also makes the base for grills and counters in outdoor kitchen masonry, so if a patio wall and a kitchen are both on your list, we can plan them together.
Every row of block sits on the one below it, so most of the care goes in before the wall is knee high.
We string the wall's line and check it against the plan before anything gets dug, because moving a string is a lot cheaper than moving a wall. Then we dig out and pour the base the plan calls for.
The first row of block gets the most time, since every row above it copies its line and level. If it's off a little at the bottom, it's off more at the top.
We lay the block in mortar with the vertical bars and joint reinforcement right where the plan puts them. We check plumb and line on every course as we go up, not once at the end.
We fill the cores the plan calls for and tool the mortar joints so they shed water. Then we haul off the cut ends and leftover mortar before we leave.
Tell us roughly how long and how tall the wall will be, what it's for and whether it holds back soil. We get back to you within one business day to set a time, and I come out to your property to look at the spot and give you a free estimate. No pressure, no obligation.
(509) 452-1015Across the US, installing a concrete block wall usually costs about $16 to $19 per square foot, and that's a national figure, not our price. It's measured on the face of the wall, so height counts as much as length. Your own number comes from the estimate after I've seen the spot.
Yes, but below 40°F the masonry specification calls for special cold-weather procedures to be considered, while block work between 40 and 90°F needs no special protection. If you're planning winter work, ask us how those steps fit your schedule. Sometimes I'll tell you it's simpler to wait for warmer days.
Local code decides that, for a retaining wall of any size, so the first step is checking what the city or county requires for your wall. Where no engineer is needed, builders follow the block and geogrid makers' design charts, and where one is required, the approved plans should be followed exactly. We check before we start and build to whichever applies.
Look the business up with L&I's contractor verify tool before you sign a contract. Washington requires every construction contractor to register with L&I and to be bonded and insured, and the tool shows whether a registration is active, whether workers' comp is paid up, and any safety violations or lawsuits against the contractor's bond.
Where the wall sits shapes what the city wants from it. Any part of the work in the right of way along the street needs its own permit through the city's Engineering Division, and no structure can be built on or in an easement, so if your lot has one, check the wall's line with the Planning Division first. Land use standards can apply too, and the Planning Division's pages spell them out. For general permit questions, Yakima Code Administration takes calls at (509) 575-6126 and email at codes@yakimawa.gov.
The city puts Yakima's frost depth at 24 inches below grade, so ask any builder, us included, how the wall's design accounts for it. We work out of Yakima and take jobs in the cities around it, including Terrace Heights, Selah, Union Gap and on down the valley to Sunnyside and Grandview. If you don't see your city listed, call and ask.
Call (509) 452-1015 or use the form, because a look at the spot tells us early whether the wall comes near an easement or the street, so you know what's ahead before you commit.
If you've got a question about a block wall before you're ready for an estimate, send it over and I'll give you a straight answer.
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