Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back.
How to build a poured concrete retaining wall on a slope.
Retaining walls can be constructed using a variety of materials from poured concrete and large timbers to natural stones even bricks.
Prepare the footing spread mortar and build leads sliding the block over the rebar as needed.
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If the wall exceeds four feet in height footings should be poured separately.
That is why the construction of terraces due to a retaining wall begins from the bottom of the slope first a retaining wall is placed then up the hill a second wall is mounted which base goes below the upper part of the previous wall for at least 40 inches then the third one the fourth one and so on.
Once the forms are full of cement you can smooth out the top of the wall.
Do choose a material you can easily work with.
Install the first course of blocks using a taut string line to establish a straight row.
For steeper slopes you will have to go to a 1 in.
See below for more information on contraction joints remove forms and install waterproofing and drainage system.
Create contraction joints every 4 6 feet.
Walls with implanted areas.
Build the footing and insert rebar into the wet concrete at intervals corresponding to the cores in the blocks.
Pour the retaining wall roll the wheelbarrow of cement over to your wooden forms and pour the cement into the footing and form area.
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Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place.
From a structural standpoint low slump concrete is good.
For a mild slope such as the 1 in 20 slope required for a wheelchair ramp a 3 in.
If you aren t sure just describe the job to the concrete dispatcher and they will tell you what slump to use.
Retaining wall on the garden terrace.
Cement and gravel form this garden.
Finish the surface of the wall as desired.