Hardscaping
We design and build hardscapes for homes and businesses: paver patios, walkways, outdoor steps, retaining walls and fire pits. Landscape lighting and plantings tie the pieces into one finished yard.
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Much of Beaver is steep, stony hillside. Federal soil maps put about three quarters of its land on slopes of 15 percent or more. That leaves many yards with no flat spot for a patio and no safe way down the slope. Beaver Creek runs north through the community, and some low lots along it sit in a FEMA flood zone.
Veridian Corp is a landscaping contractor serving Beckley and southern West Virginia, and Beaver is part of our service area. We design and install landscapes, and we build the hardscapes that make a sloped yard usable. We also clear land and plow snow for homes and businesses. Call or text (304) 237-1212 for a free estimate in writing.
Tell us about the patio, wall, planting or clearing job and where the property is. We look at the job and put a free estimate in writing.
The biggest soil unit mapped inside Beaver is the Layland-Dekalb-Guyandotte complex, on 35 to 70 percent slopes. The federal soil survey rates it extremely stony. These soils drain well, and in places sandstone or shale sits within about three feet of the surface.
That ground shapes the work. A patio base or a wall base often means digging through rock, then building back up with compacted gravel. Soil maps also show cut-and-fill ground around Beaver. Fill behaves differently from native soil under a wall or a drive.
On a steep yard, a retaining wall can turn one slope into a level terrace. Drainage stone behind the wall lets water out. We have built a retaining wall with lights in Beaver. A tall wall may also need an engineer's design and a county permit.
Beaver is a Raleigh County community a short drive southeast of Beckley, with 1,129 people at the 2020 Census. Blue Jay sits inside its census boundary, with Glen Morgan and Tilden just outside. Census survey estimates put the median year built at 1978, and about one home in five dates to the 2010s. Most homes are single-family houses, and about a quarter are mobile homes.
Ritter Drive carries US 19 and WV 3 through Beaver toward Shady Spring. Airport Road runs north to Raleigh County Memorial Airport. Interstate 64 and the West Virginia Turnpike both cross parts of Beaver. Little Beaver State Park sits on Grandview Road, with 562 acres and an 18-acre lake.
On a lot above the road, outdoor steps of stone or pavers make the climb to the door easier. A gravel driveway that washes out can be regraded and topped with number 57 stone. A newer home on a raw lot may need beds and sod, plus Green Giant arborvitae for privacy.
Beaver has no city government, so Raleigh County's offices handle building and zoning there. The Raleigh County Building Code Office in Beckley issues building permits under the county's building code.
The county exempts a retaining wall up to two feet above grade, unless it holds up added weight. A taller wall needs a county building permit. Even an exempt structure needs a pre-application, so the county can check zoning and floodplain rules. Starting work before the permit is issued doubles the building permit fee.
On a corner lot, county zoning keeps a wall or hedge to 3 feet near the intersection. State law calls for an 811 call at least two business days before any digging. The county office answers permit questions for your address, and we point you there.
Raleigh County rules say runoff from new development has to leave a lot where it left before. Grading that turns water away from a house still has to let it leave the lot at the same spot.
NOAA's weather station for Beckley sits at Raleigh County Memorial Airport, on the high ground north of Beaver. Its normals show about 56 inches of snow a year and about 107 nights at or below freezing. That freeze and thaw is why a patio or a walk needs a dug-out base of compacted stone.
October is the driest month at that station, and the median first fall freeze comes October 21. We build hardscapes well into late fall. When winter sets in, we switch to snow plowing for driveways and parking lots.
Communities and areas we serve around Beaver: Blue Jay, Blue Jay Lake, Glen Morgan, Tilden, Ritter Drive, Airport Road, Grandview Road, Sullivan Road, Beaver Creek, Little Beaver Creek, Little Beaver State Park, Raleigh County Memorial Airport.
Beaver ZIP codes served: 25813, 25832.
Beaver is part of our service area. Call or text (304) 237-1212 for a free estimate in writing.
(304) 237-1212 We design and build hardscapes for homes and businesses: paver patios, walkways, outdoor steps, retaining walls and fire pits. Landscape lighting and plantings tie the pieces into one finished yard.
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Paver patios in the pattern you pick, laid on a dug-out bed and a compacted stone base. Seating walls and fire pit areas can be built right into the layout.
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We build block and stone retaining walls that hold back a slope and give you level ground. The drainage and backfill behind the wall go in with the block.
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We build outdoor fire pits of block and stone, plus outdoor fireplaces with chimneys. The patio and seating walls around them go in with the same plan.
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We build paver walkways and sidewalks on a compacted stone base. We also set outdoor steps and stone steps on the sloped yards around Beckley.
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Low-voltage landscape lighting for steps, paths, walls and trees around Beckley and southern West Virginia. We plan the lights with the hardscape and set them in during the build.
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We deliver and plant Green Giant arborvitae for privacy screens around Beckley and southern West Virginia. Planting beds and spring color can go in with the row.
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We clear brush and overgrowth from lots and fence lines around Beckley. The machine pulls the stumps and roots, and we haul the debris off.
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We take down dead and storm-damaged trees with machinery and haul the wood off. Stump grinding can follow, so the ground is ready for grass or a planting bed.
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We grind stumps below grade and pull stumps and roots on clearing jobs. Then we fill the hole and grade it for grass or a bed.
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We prep and grade the ground for patios, retaining walls, pads and yards around Beckley. The finished grade moves water away from the house and gives the next layer a firm start.
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We build gravel driveways and parking areas with number 57 stone on a graded base. We also regrade and regravel drives that have rutted or washed out.
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We pour plain concrete patios and walkways, plus pads for sheds and equipment. Steps and landings go in as part of a bigger outdoor project.
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We plow home driveways and business parking lots around Beckley each winter. Coal mine sites and their access roads are part of our snow removal work too.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Beaver. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send the form with a few details about the job, and we set up a time to look at it. You can also call or text (304) 237-1212.
Tell us about the patio, wall, planting or clearing job and where the property is. We look at the job and put a free estimate in writing.