Retaining wall contractor Fairfax Contractor is a Northern Virginia company that can build all types of retaining wall projects. In most of the Northern Virginia Counties any retaining wall over 36 inches will require a building permit. Smaller walls such as plantar walls, garden bedding walls, and small retaining walls are exempt from the building permit process. If the retaining wall project you are looking to construct is over 36 inches Fairfax Contractor can utilize two methods to secure the building permit. The first way is to utilize the Fairfax County detail for retaining walls, this method utilizes plans that the county has designed for 4 foot, and 5 foot tall retaining walls. Only residential retaining walls fall under the category of typical retaining wall detail plans in Fairfax. On the Fairfax County retaining wall detail plans located on the county website shows both a wood retaining wall detail and a engineered masonry detail. One other caveat is the fact that these walls cannot be built any problems soil area, tiered, or used to support a driveway or other structure. The second method to construct a retaining wall over 36 inches in Northern Virginia requires engineered stamped plans for wood, segmental block, and masonry retaining walls. If you reside in the counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, Arlington, or Prince William County you will be required to submit plans to the local municipalities to obtain a building permit if your wall exceeds 36 inches. Fairfax Contractor can produce the drawings needed to secure the proper building permit to build a legal, permitted retaining wall. Don’t be fooled by some unlicensed landscape company to build your retaining wall project, they may build your wall without a permit, or even worse yet have you pull the permit in your name. Fairfax Contractor is licensed by the Virginia DPOR with a class A license# 2705154312 which expires on July 31, 2022, this license is endorsed with the RBC stamp. Only contractors and companies that possess a valid contractor’s license in the state of Virginia with a RBC (residential building contractor) stamp are permitted to pull the permit build a legal retaining wall.
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