How to build a concrete retaining wall a step by step guide to pouring concrete walls updated june 26 2020.
How to build a low concrete wall.
Measure and mark footing locations.
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.
A cheap farm wall with a really cheap sill plate made out of treated wood with some deck screws in it and pressed into the wet concrete.
If it falls over with steel in it life really sucks.
So if your wall is 8 inches wide your two nails should be 8 inches apart.
Make it look rural and it will look quaint.
Prized for their strength and versatility concrete retaining walls require precise construction methods.
If the wall is built exactly people notice your mistakes.
Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place.
Stack wood planks to create a frame for the wall.
Keep the boards less than 8 ft 2 4 m long so they aren t too difficult to handle.
These wood barriers hold the concrete in place as it dries so you will need to create 2 of them.
Refer to the plan or schematic for the retaining wall.
Then use the marking paint and measuring tape to lay.
Drive a nail into the concrete here.
The cheapest and easiest material to use is 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm boards cut from a softwood like pine.
Measure out from that nail to where the other face of your wall will be and place another nail.
Poured concrete retaining walls can be colored textured.
How to pour a concrete retaining wall.
What you need tape measure circular saw brick set small sledgehammer chalkline pencil mason s trowel level line level mason s blocks wheelbarrow concave jointer story pole.
Measure from the edge of your concrete footing to the point where the outside face of your wall will be.