Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
How to build a concrete block garden wall.
Lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers.
Prepare the footing spread mortar and build leads sliding the block over the rebar as needed.
Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place.
Use running bond pattern to stagger ends.
Install the first course of blocks using a taut string line to establish a straight row.
Build the footing and insert rebar into the wet concrete at intervals corresponding to the cores in the blocks.
Creating the block garden wall.
Corners should be interlocked.
Make sure joints between cap blocks are filled with mortar and smoothed with the finishing tool.
Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back.
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Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
Stack remaining blocks dry without mortar.
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Lay out the wall and excavate the slope and the footing trench.
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.