Retaining wall question?

[Mr. Twister]

I have a steep slope in my backyard and am tossing around the idea of having a contractor build me a retaining wall. I am thinking something that is 30 feet long, 3 courses high, 4-5feet high per course and tapering down shorter from one end to the other.

Does anybody have any guess how much something like this would cost? I have no idea if I would be looking a $1000 or $30,000. The $30,000 is way out of my price range.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Jameson]

very much a guess:

30' x 4' = 120 square feet

120 x 3 = 360

360 x $10 per square foot in materials = $3600 (could be low) You could call some retailers to price this.

+ labor to install, maybe $3000.

So my guess is $6500 to $10,000

Skid loader access to sight may make a big difference.

[LwnmwnMan2]

Your biggest variable is going to be what are you making the wall out of?

30' long, 15' high isn't a big project to someone that knows what they're doing.

UNLESS, as Jameson said, there's no access to get excavation equipment in. If it's labor intensive, then keep adding the zeros.