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Concrete, stone, and riprap sea walls that stop shoreline erosion on area lakes
Looking for sea wall contractors in East Tennessee? Gladiator SOD and Landscaping is the local crew Knox and Loudon County lakefront owners call when the bank starts giving way — with over 15 years building concrete, natural-stone, and riprap shoreline walls engineered for clay-heavy soil, wave action, and the seasonal pool swings on Fort Loudoun, Tellico, and Watts Bar. No subcontractors, and no shortcuts on the parts of the job you can’t see.
Looking for sea wall contractors in Lenoir City, TN?
Stop the undercutting, washout, and bank loss that quietly shrink your lakefront every season.
From poured concrete to stacked boulders, your wall is built to fit your shoreline and blend into the landscape.
Preserve the land, dock approach, and usable yard you paid for — and the property value that comes with them.
Engineered for hydrostatic pressure and changing pool levels, with drainage built in and a satisfaction guarantee behind it.
Steel-reinforced concrete for a clean, vertical, high-strength edge where erosion is severe and the bank needs to hold a hard line.
Stacked stone and placed boulders that armor the shoreline while looking like they've always belonged there.
Graded stone sloped along the waterline to absorb and scatter wave energy — lower-profile and often the option TVA prefers.
Interlocking units for moderate-height shoreline walls, with drainage designed into the system from the start.
Driven sheet-pile walls for soft, deep, or unstable banks where a poured footing isn't practical.
We walk the bank and read the erosion, soil, slope, water depth, and exposure to size the right wall for your frontage.
We engineer the wall and handle the TVA Section 26a shoreline permit that lakefront work on these reservoirs requires.
The step most contractors leave to youWe build a footing or base below the waterline that the wall can stand on for decades, not seasons.
We build with weep holes and gravel backfill so water pressure behind the wall — the #1 cause of failure — has somewhere to go.
We backfill, regrade, and can finish with a cap, steps, or shoreline plantings, then leave the site clean.
Manage the slope and drainage above your shoreline with tiered or single walls.
Reshape and stabilize the bank so runoff stops carving your slope.
Knit the soil together and green up the yard right behind the new wall.
Turn your protected, stabilized shoreline into usable lakeside living space.
Yes. On the East Tennessee TVA lakes — Fort Loudoun, Tellico, Watts Bar, and Melton Hill — any shoreline construction requires a TVA Section 26a permit. We handle that permitting process for you from start to finish, so your wall is approved and compliant before we build.
A properly built sea wall lasts decades. The biggest factor isn’t the material — it’s drainage. Walls built with weep holes and gravel backfill far outlast walls without them.
There’s no single best. Riprap suits many shorelines and is often the option TVA prefers; concrete or stone is the call where erosion is severe or you need a vertical edge. We’ll recommend the right fit during your free estimate.
Water building up behind the wall — hydrostatic pressure — is the number one cause of sea wall failure. We build drainage into every wall to relieve that pressure rather than treating it as an add-on.
Soil washing or slumping into the water, an undercut or vertical bank, exposed tree roots, and shoreline you’ve watched disappear year over year. If any of those sound familiar, it’s worth a look before it gets worse.
East Tennessee’s lakefront sea wall specialists. Limited shoreline availability this season.
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6620 Oak Ridge Hwy #102
Knoxville, TN 37931
Phone: (865) 963-1096
179 Belle Forest Cir Ste 103C
Nashville, TN 37221
Phone: (865) 963-1096
402 N B St
Lenoir City, TN 37771
Phone: (865) 963-1096
