Formablok molds are easy to use from the amateur diy to the professional contractor.
Make your own concrete retaining wall blocks.
Check your local building codes to make sure your planned project is on the up and up contact your local.
Most block construction calls for an 8 x 16 footer.
Continue laying your first course of blocks making sure to check that every block is level.
Mark all the edges of the course.
Cut straight down with the shovel keep from disturbing the surrounding soil.
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.
Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
But for diyers retaining wall blocks made of concrete are the best solution.
After you finish the first course fill the space between your retaining wall and.
If needed reposition it using additional.
Heavy retaining wall blocks the blocks we used in our demonstration weigh 14 pounds each keep the soil at bay with their weight.
I d suggest building forms for the wall s base from 2 x 8 boards and then using the same lumber for the block forms after the footer is done.
With our 4 design types you can now make your own articulating interlocking dry stack gravity blocks to create any configuration imaginable.
I can buy 4 molds for about 80 dollars including shipping.
To bury the first row.
Retaining walls can be build of many different materials including wood timbers bricks or natural boulders.
Position your first block and use a standard level to make sure it s even.
Lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers.
Check your local building codes step 1.
Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
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Dig for the first row of block.
Adjust for sloping ground.
With the layout marked you can begin digging the trench.
Choose your blocks traditionally retaining walls were built with standard concrete blocks known as cmus.
A great way to use up excess concrete.
Prepare the foundation step 1.