How To Build A Concrete Block Garden Wall
Mark all the edges of the course.
How to build a concrete block garden wall. Remember to check out the full diy construction video on our website. Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back. Make sure joints between cap blocks are filled with mortar and smoothed with the finishing tool. Lay out the wall and excavate the slope and the footing trench.
Prepare the footing spread mortar and build leads sliding the block over the rebar as needed. Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing. Stack remaining blocks dry without mortar. Corners should be interlocked.
Learn how to build a low wall from concrete breezeblocks. Remove blocks and reset on 1l8 inch bed of bonding cement. The tops of cement block walls are typically capped by applying a layer of mortar embedding metal reinforcement strips then covering the wall with solid concrete cap blocks. Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place. Use running bond pattern to stagger ends. Lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers. Add liquid cement color to surface bonding cement and mix so that it hangs on trowel held at 90 degree angle.