Place a perforated drainage pipe 2 inches up from ground.
Making your own stackable concrete pavers retaining wall.
Adjust for sloping ground.
Prepare the foundation step 1.
Dig for the first row of block.
Position your first block and use a standard level to make sure it s even.
After you finish the first course fill the space between your retaining wall and.
If stacking pavers to retain soil and the wall is more than two feet high backfill a couple inches directly behind the wall with gravel.
To bury the first row.
If needed reposition it using additional.
Work gloves shovel and or mattock brick chisel and small sledgehammer level wooden stakes string and a line level soil tamper gravel sharp not rounded or rock dust landscape fabric optional interlocking stackable stones and toppers.
Whatever your choice do ensure that you have lots of molds.
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For this project you will need.
Molds for cement pavers are available in most large hardware stores.
However if you want you can even make your own molds out of plywood.
For a stacked block retaining wall that s no higher than four feet a trench filled with three inches of crushed rock will help keep the wall from shifting and settling.
Use a hand or power tamper to level the base.
With the layout marked you can begin digging the trench.
If the wall runs up a hill continue each base course of stackable retaining wall blocks into the hill until the top of the second course is level with the grade and then start your second base course at that point.
Continue laying your first course of blocks making sure to check that every block is level.
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For dry stack walls the base should be as wide as the wall is tall.
The exact depth of the.
If you have the option it can be easier to excavate and lay the lowest course before excavating the trench for the next step.
Remember one mold makes only one cement paver and it will take at least two weeks before your cement paver is ready for use.