Building A Garden Wall With Concrete Blocks

Heavy retaining wall blocks the blocks we used in our demonstration weigh 14 pounds each keep the soil at bay with their weight.
Building a garden wall with concrete blocks. But for diyers retaining wall blocks made of concrete are the best solution. Retaining walls can be build of many different materials including wood timbers bricks or natural boulders. For a freestanding landscape wall this involves creating a simple rectangular outline of the planned foundation. Of compacted base 1 in.
Stack remaining blocks dry without mortar. Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing. Use running bond pattern to stagger ends. Of leveling sand and half the height of the first course of blocks.
Tall wall excavate a trench deep enough to accommodate 4 to 6 in. Corners should be interlocked. Dig for the first row of block. For row one knock off the flanges with a hammer and chisel so the.
Prepare the foundation step 1. Remove blocks and reset on 1l8 inch bed of bonding cement. With the layout marked you can begin digging the trench. Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
Cross section of a retaining wall a cinder block retaining wall is only as straight and solid as the base it s built on. Adjust for sloping ground. To bury the first row. The first step in building a concrete block wall is to lay out the foundation using stakes and masonry string.
Mark all the edges of the course. Creating the block garden wall.