Basalite · Retaining Wall Systems
Basalite Estate Wall in Brentwood, CA
Available Colors
Basalite Estate Wall is a large-format segmental retaining wall block with a heavily textured split-face front, and the scale of the unit is its defining trait. The larger block face means fewer visible joints across a wall than a small-unit system, producing a heavier, more substantial appearance suited to tall walls and long runs where a small block would look busy and repetitive. The rough split-face texture reads as quarried stone rather than smooth cast concrete.
Estate Wall serves two distinct uses. As a retaining wall it holds back soil on a slope, creating usable level ground on a graded lot. As a freestanding unit it builds seat walls, planter surrounds, fire pit enclosures, and low garden walls finished on both faces. The four colors span cool gray, warm tan, and two blended charcoal variants, which gives more range than most Basalite wall systems and lets a wall be matched to either a cool or warm paver palette on the same property. The larger unit size means fewer blocks per square foot of wall face, which can reduce installation time on large projects.
Applications are terraced slopes, raised planting beds, retaining walls along driveways and property lines, seat walls, planter surrounds, and grade transitions. Wall height and reinforcement requirements depend on site conditions, and taller walls may require engineering. Contact the yard to discuss your project.
We encourage customers to see full-size units at the Brentwood yard, since block scale and face texture cannot be judged accurately from a swatch. For a random-coursing variant of the same system, see Estate Wall Ashlar.
