Retaining wall & dirt
This may be a stretch, but does anyone have any experience with building retaining walls? Here's what I want to do - my backyard slopes towards our alley pretty good - it's probably 14-18" from level once it gets to the alley. I'd like to build a retaining wall on our rear property line where it meets the alley and build a retaining wall, and then bring in dirt and "fill up" the backyard (it's quite small) until it's level. Actually, I'll leave a bit of a grade so water will run away from the house. Has anyone done something like this before? Do I just build a stone retaining wall, fill up the backyard with dirt, and level it out? Seems like it should be more complex than that. What will keep my retaining wall from toppling over? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Shane