Retaining Walls, Outdoor Kitchens & Docks in
Tyler, TX

Yes — we're a Smith County boat dock builder. Most dock work for Tyler-area owners is on the water just outside town: Lake Tyler under the City of Tyler shoreline plan and Lake Palestine under UNRMWA, plus private estate ponds inside the city limits. Every lake build is pre-cleared with the right authority before a piling is driven.

South Tyler and the Hollytree and Cumberland estates roll steeply, and East Texas red clay over sandstone swells and shrinks enough each season to push every wall spec heavier than equivalent work to the west. A French drain and weep holes are standard scope on a Tyler wall, not an upgrade. Walls above four feet need a Smith County permit and stamped drawings — we manage both.

A typical residential wall runs about $2.7k–$7.2k depending on length, height, and material, with drainage included. Street-visible Bergfeld and The Woods lots often step up to natural stone, and taller walls add engineering — both move the number up.

Timeline depends on which authority your lot falls under. Lake Tyler runs through the City of Tyler shoreline-management plan, which checks designs against its dock specifications and prohibited-materials list before approval; Lake Palestine clears through UNRMWA. We pre-clear both before any material is cut, so the permit doesn't become the thing that stalls your schedule.

Yes. Lake Tyler's stable pool lets us set fixed decking height confidently and add a lift on the same build, so you don't pay for a return mobilization later. We size the lift to your boat and clear the design with City of Tyler staff first, checking every component against their prohibited-materials list.

Yes. Plenty of our Smith County work is private estate ponds inside the city limits rather than on the public lakes — pond docks, bank stabilization, and retaining walls on the rolling Hollytree and Cumberland properties. Private impoundments under the jurisdictional thresholds are county permitting, which we handle.

That's set by the City of Tyler shoreline plan, which keeps a prohibited-materials list we check every design against up front. We steer your decking and component choices toward what's approved before fabrication, so you don't end up with a material the city won't pass at inspection.

South Tyler and the Hollytree and Cumberland estates sit on East Texas red clay over sandstone, which swells and shrinks enough each season to build hydrostatic pressure behind a wall. Undrained pressure behind red clay is the failure mode we get hired to fix, so a French drain and weep holes are baseline scope on a Tyler wall, not an upgrade.

Walls above four feet of exposed face need a Smith County permit and stamped drawings — we manage both as part of the job. On the steep South Tyler grades and the Hollytree and Cumberland lots, taller walls are common, so the engineering is often built into the scope from the estimate.

Yes. Some Tyler-area owners front both Lake Tyler and Lake Palestine, and the two run under different authorities — City of Tyler on one, UNRMWA on the other. We run both shoreline submittals on the same project so you're working with one builder instead of coordinating two.

Street-visible Bergfeld and The Woods lots often step up from standard block to natural stone, which costs more in material and labor than the baseline. A typical residential wall runs about $2.7k–$7.2k with drainage included; natural stone facing and taller engineered walls both move that number toward and past the top of the range.

Yes. Alongside docks and retaining walls, we build outdoor kitchens on Tyler-area estates — from a grill-and-counter build up to a full kitchen, roughly $9.6k to past $21k depending on the appliance package and countertop. On sloped Hollytree and Cumberland lots we often tie the kitchen pad to a retaining-wall package on one mobilization.