Learn how to build a low wall from concrete breezeblocks.
How to build a concrete wall with blocks.
Build the footing and insert rebar into the wet concrete at intervals corresponding to the cores in the blocks.
Install the first course of blocks using a taut string line to establish a straight row.
This will help to stagger the layout of your.
Lay the first course staring at one end place the first course of concrete blocks top side up on the crushed rock with the front lip facing up and towards the front of the wall.
Further concrete retaining wall blocks are shaped in a way that creates a natural setback as the blocks are stacked.
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This design causes the wall to angle slightly back into the slope further improving its holding power.
Lay out the wall and excavate the slope and the footing trench.
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Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place.
The concrete foundation needed to support a cement block wall is usually created by pouring concrete into a hollow form lining the sides of the excavation trench but the concrete can also simply be poured into the trench a common scenario for construction of a freestanding landscape wall.
Grab a half block.
Spread mortar on the footing and ear of the half block.
Check your base blocks often with a level.
A lip on the back of each block creates a uniform setback as each course is added.
Check the level and alignment of all blocks as you go along adjusting them with a rubber mallet.
Your brick set should have half blocks included.
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Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back.