Mark all the edges of the course.
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Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
Remove blocks and reset on 1l8 inch bed of bonding cement.
Build the footing and insert rebar into the wet concrete at intervals corresponding to the cores in the blocks.
Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place.
Stack remaining blocks dry without mortar.
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Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back.
Prepare the footing spread mortar and build leads sliding the block over the rebar as needed.
Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
Install the first course of blocks using a taut string line to establish a straight row.
Lay out the wall and excavate the slope and the footing trench.
Make sure joints between cap blocks are filled with mortar and smoothed with the finishing tool.
Use running bond pattern to stagger ends.
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.
Corners should be interlocked.
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