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How to build a concrete retaining wall form.
It took a day to rip out the old collapsing retaining wall to dig farther into the hill to provide room for the backfill gravel and to help unload materials.
When installed properly concrete offers much more room for customization than any other retaining wall material.
If the form is constructed incorrectly the concrete can blow out the form breaking it apart and creating an enormous mess while wasting much of your money.
The wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that.
Constructed correctly a form for a homemade wall will not only retain the concrete but it can be reused to form other walls you may be planning on.
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Snap tie concrete forms are a simple and easy system for foundation walls.
Learn how to set the forms for a concrete wall.
To make the wall as strong as possible pour the concrete in layers no higher than 20 inches working from 1 end of the wall to the.
To form a concrete wall first set up plywood boards on either side of your concrete footer and attach them together with wire.
Then pour your concrete inside the form using a chute or hose attached to the mixer.
How to build a concrete wall prep work.
We are using symmons forms on this job but the general principles are the same.