For projects that don t require a lot of mortar use smaller bags of mortar mix or concrete.
Mortared recycled concrete retaining wall.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
It must be deeper than the frost line or at least 12 inches deep for a 3 foot high wall.
It s just a standard amber block wall with no mortar on a concrete footing.
Figure out what materials you need get them on site and get them covered with tarps.
Do the layout for your wall before winter arrives it will be easier to do the planning before the ground freezes.
This is high strength contractor grade and pre blended mortar.
Do choose a material you can easily work with.
We ll talk more about pouring concrete footings for mortared stone walls later.
Pour the concrete footings before the ground freezes.
This adaptive reuse also kept the concrete out of the landfill.
That s right the idea is that.
A mortar wall must be built on a firm foundation or its joints will crack.
The wall builds more than just beauty into our stone retaining wall projects.
We d like to remove the pillars and clad the whole wall with something like.
Dig a trench about 6 inches wider than your wall.
I salvaged a couple tons of broken concrete to reuse in the construction of a retaining wall.
This is also ideal for stone columns.
Tamp the gravel in the bottom of the trench and pour at least 8 inches of concrete.
If you re building a retaining wall use a blended mason mix which includes the heavy duty mortar type s masonry cement and graded sand.
Retaining walls can be constructed using a variety of materials from poured concrete and large timbers to natural stones even bricks.
Since our first recycled concrete retaining walls in the 1980 s residential and commercial properties around the northwest have chosen the wall for adding beauty and value to any natural setting.
For extra stability put down a layer of gravel or.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
It s 1 metre high.
Hi all so we have an ugly pool retaining wall which we d ideally like to clad and put some plants in front as well.
The lower reused concrete retaining wall is complete construction was the same as a bookleaf dry stone wall with the roughly broken 300 x 600mm 1ft x 2ft concrete slabs laid stretcher bond style and the smooth sawn pieces from our neighbour forming the base course where their textural difference would be less noticeable.