Place nails at least 8 feet apart.
How to build small concrete wall.
Rest the frame pieces against a solid surface to prevent them from falling.
Nail a 2 by 4 to.
Build the footing and insert.
If you re building a long wall build the frame in sections.
Lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers.
Install the first course of blocks using a taut string line to establish a straight row.
Place nails marking the outside faces of your wall at least 8 feet apart down.
Allow concrete to cure.
Finish the surface of the wall as desired.
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.
See below for more information on contraction joints remove forms and install waterproofing and drainage system.
Try to make the frame pieces as long as you need them to be.
Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back.
Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
If your frame is tall you may need to begin.
Scrape off excess mortar.
Make sure joints between cap blocks are filled with mortar and smoothed with the finishing tool.
If the wall exceeds four feet in height footings should be poured separately.
Create contraction joints every 4 6 feet.
Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place.
How to do it build and prep footing.
As you lay the second course of block insert weep holes 3 4 inch pipe into the mortar every third.
Mark all the edges of the course.