Most block construction calls for an 8 x 16 footer.
Make your own concrete retaining wall blocks.
Check your local building codes step 1.
Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
But for diyers retaining wall blocks made of concrete are the best solution.
To bury the first row.
Lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers.
Along your marked line carefully dig a trench slightly wider than the blocks ideally the width of your soil tamper and deep enough so the first course of blocks is below ground level.
Choose your blocks traditionally retaining walls were built with standard concrete blocks known as cmus.
Dig for the first row of block.
Adjust for sloping ground.
Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
Cut straight down with the shovel keep from disturbing the surrounding soil.
Pour anywhere with leftover redi mix concrete or any other hardening substrate.
Check your local building codes to make sure your planned project is on the up and up contact your local.
Continue laying your first course of blocks making sure to check that every block is level.
With our 4 design types you can now make your own articulating interlocking dry stack gravity blocks to create any configuration imaginable.
I am seriusly thinking of making my own retaining wall blocks from the molds i am thinking of buying off ebay.
After you finish the first course fill the space between your retaining wall and.
In nj i visited varoius garden places including lowes and homedepot and the 600 blocks i need would cost me between 1100 to 1500 excluding the delivery.
If needed reposition it using additional.
Position your first block and use a standard level to make sure it s even.
Retaining walls can be build of many different materials including wood timbers bricks or natural boulders.
Mark all the edges of the course.
Formablok molds are easy to use from the amateur diy to the professional contractor.
Heavy retaining wall blocks the blocks we used in our demonstration weigh 14 pounds each keep the soil at bay with their weight.
I can buy 4 molds for about 80 dollars including shipping.
A great way to use up excess concrete.
With the layout marked you can begin digging the trench.