A retaining wall constructed on a sloping backyard or back garden brings a beautiful landscaping touch to the house by allowing you to create more living space while holding off soil erosion.
How to build a concrete block wall on a slope.
Step ups are most stable when the upper block has sufficient bearing on the lower block.
Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits.
If using the 812 assembly use the instructions listed above.
Stack the second course of blocks on top of the first course making sure they remain level.
Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
The length of the 824 assembly if available provides the flexibility to make this block ideal for this application.
Before you start lay out and pour footing lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers mark all the edges of the course.
Build the footing and insert rebar into the wet concrete at intervals corresponding to the cores in the blocks.
Backfill with gravel behind the wall to cover the drainage pipe.
Prepare the footing spread mortar and build leads sliding the block over the rebar as needed.
Lay out the wall and excavate the slope and the footing trench.
Fill the concrete cores with crushed gravel.
The depth and size of the foundation will vary depending on the size of the concrete block wall and the weight it must support but a typical freestanding wall requires a foundation that is about twice as wide as the wall itself and which extends about 1 foot down below the frost line.
Building step ups with ab fieldstone 824 assembly.
Foundation all concrete block walls must rest on a sturdy foundation of poured concrete.
A concrete block retaining wall is the perfect solution to control erosion to eliminate a hard to mow slope to add a planting bed or to level an ideal patio area.
Build the wall up to the step up location.
How to build a retaining wall on a slope depends a lot on the location where you plan to build the lay of the land.
Sweep away all debris from the top of the first course of block with a broom.
The interlocking retaining wall block can be used to build walls up to 24 to 36 inches high depending on the size of the block.
These systems are easy to install durable reasonably priced and available in a variety of colors and textures.
The ground from the bottom to the top is about 6 feet with a length of 22 feet curving around the house.
I am going to put in about 6 terraces to allow for the slope and am making each section about 12 inches high to allow for clearance with the siding on the house.
I am building a retaining wall up a slope with stackable blocks.