Cobb County
Retaining walls, wall repair and yard drainage quotes for Marietta and nearby Cobb County communities. Permit rules depend on whether the address is in a city or unincorporated Cobb County, and that is checked before work starts.
The center of the service area. Hilly lots around the Square, near Kennesaw Mountain and out toward Dallas Highway mean a lot of backyard walls and driveway cuts. Retaining walls inside city limits follow City of Marietta rules, which are checked for each address.
Established neighborhoods with mature trees and wooded slopes. Many homes here still have timber walls from when the subdivisions were built, and many of those are reaching the end of their life. East Cobb is unincorporated, so Cobb County permit rules apply.
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From older streets near downtown to newer subdivisions, lots on the slopes around Kennesaw Mountain push a lot of runoff downhill. Kennesaw sets its own permit rules inside city limits.
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Smaller infill lots and new builds put walls close to property lines and next to driveways. Smyrna has its own permit rules inside city limits.
Many newer subdivisions with graded lots, where backyards were built up with fill and drainage swales do much of the work. When a swale fails, water ends up in the yard or crawlspace.
Lots around Lake Acworth and Lake Allatoona and the rolling ground in between, where erosion control and walls go together.
Lower lying areas near Sweetwater Creek, where getting water off the property is often the first job.
A mix of older homes and new construction on sloped ground in south Cobb.
Steep wooded lots near the Chattahoochee, where taller walls are common and engineered plans are more likely.
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