How To Build Small Concrete Wall
Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
How to build small concrete wall. If you re building a long wall build the frame in sections. See below for more information on contraction joints remove forms and install waterproofing and drainage system. How to do it build and prep footing. Lay out the wall and excavate the slope and the footing trench.
Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back. Mark all the edges of the course. As you lay the second course of block insert weep holes 3 4 inch pipe into the mortar every third. Scrape off excess mortar.
Nail a 2 by 4 to. Install the first course of blocks using a taut string line to establish a straight row. Rest the frame pieces against a solid surface to prevent them from falling. If your frame is tall you may need to begin.
Try to make the frame pieces as long as you need them to be. Lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers. Allow concrete to cure. How to form a homemade concrete wall step 1.
Finish the surface of the wall as desired. Place nails at least 8 feet apart. Place nails marking the outside faces of your wall at least 8 feet apart down. If the wall exceeds four feet in height footings should be poured separately.
Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place. Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing. 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. Make sure joints between cap blocks are filled with mortar and smoothed with the finishing tool.
Measure from the edge of your concrete footing to the point where the outside face of your wall will be.