Picture Guide to Building a Retaining Wall

If you want more information about how our company builds a retaining wall, please take a look at our picture tutorial on How to Build a Retaining Wall.

There are over 25 photos and descriptions of each photo that explain the process of building a concrete block retaining wall.

We will show you how we go from the first photo below to the finished retaining wall in the second photo.

How to Build a Fire Pit

We have been getting a lot of calls lately about outdoor fire pits.  Fire pits (whether they are gas, propane, or natural wood burning) have become really popular in the Omaha area over the past few years. Outdoor Innovations can install a wide variety of fire pits – contact us for a free consultation and quote. If you are on a tight budget, you may consider building a fire pit on your own. We don’t recommend building a natural gas or propane fire pit yourself – it can require a much more technical installation involving permits, plumbing, and more.

If you want to install a natural burning fire pit, we’ve compiled a list of online sources that will assist you.

Build Your Own Fire Pit – This Old House

Build Fire Pit – YouTube.com

DIY Fire Pit Installation – YouTube.com

Build Your Own Backyard Fire Pit – Instructables.com

8 Easy-To-Build Fire Pit Designs – DIY Network

How To Build a Fire Pit and Grill – DIY Network

Quick and Easy Fire Pit – Lowes.com

If you have a small budget, you may want to consider a manufactured fire pit.

If building your own outdoor fire pit sounds to intimidating, let us do it.  Contact Outdoor Innovations at (402) 290-2181.

Retaining Wall – Before & After

We recently completed a retaining wall in Dundee.  Here are a few before and after photos.  This was a simple, straightforward project.  There was an existing retaining wall installed on the adjacent property and we tied the new wall into it.

If you are interested in learning more about our retaining wall services, visit the retaining wall page on our website.

There was an existing retaining wall that was falling down.  We cleared away all the debris and created the retaining wall you see below.

The wall was located in the alley of the property.  We wanted the wall to follow the grade and gradually disappear into the slope of the property.

Before Photos – Dundee Retaining Wall

Today, we’ll be starting a retaining wall project in the Dundee neighborhood.  This is a pretty straightforward job.  The homeowner has an older retaining wall that is falling over; we are going to rip out the old retaining wall and install a new one.  We are going to tie into the neighbor’s existing retaining wall and match up the bricks.

Stay tuned for updated pictures.  We are also going to be video taping this job as well.  We are going to show the progress from start to finish and explain the steps we take to insure a retaining wall lasts for decades.