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