Preparing Hillside Masonry for LA’s Winter Rainy Season
Get Your Hillside Wall Ready Before the Rain Starts Los Angeles doesn’t get a long rainy season, but what it lacks in duration it makes up for in intensity. Most of our annual rainfall lands in a handful of atmospheric river events between November and March, and that concentrated load is exactly what a hillside […]
Lessons from the Field: Why Retaining Walls Fail Early in Los Angeles
Field lessons from four generations of LA masonry work: the hidden drainage errors, DIY timber mistakes, and code requirements behind early retaining wall failures.
Retaining Wall Drainage in Los Angeles: Stop Hydrostatic Pressure and Cracks
The drainage details—subdrains, weep holes, and protected outlets—that keep LA retaining walls from bulging and cracking.