Check your local building codes step 1.
Make your own concrete retaining wall blocks.
I can buy 4 molds for about 80 dollars including shipping.
After you finish the first course fill the space between your retaining wall and.
Cut straight down with the shovel keep from disturbing the surrounding soil.
Formablok molds are easy to use from the amateur diy to the professional contractor.
Lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers.
Adjust for sloping ground.
Pour anywhere with leftover redi mix concrete or any other hardening substrate.
Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
Heavy retaining wall blocks the blocks we used in our demonstration weigh 14 pounds each keep the soil at bay with their weight.
Along your marked line carefully dig a trench slightly wider than the blocks ideally the width of your soil tamper and deep enough so the first course of blocks is below ground level.
Mark all the edges of the course.
In nj i visited varoius garden places including lowes and homedepot and the 600 blocks i need would cost me between 1100 to 1500 excluding the delivery.
For row one knock off the flanges with a hammer and chisel so the.
To bury the first row.
Continue laying your first course of blocks making sure to check that every block is level.
I d suggest building forms for the wall s base from 2 x 8 boards and then using the same lumber for the block forms after the footer is done.
With the layout marked you can begin digging the trench.
Check your local building codes to make sure your planned project is on the up and up contact your local.
With our 4 design types you can now make your own articulating interlocking dry stack gravity blocks to create any configuration imaginable.
Choose your blocks traditionally retaining walls were built with standard concrete blocks known as cmus.
Retaining walls can be build of many different materials including wood timbers bricks or natural boulders.
But for diyers retaining wall blocks made of concrete are the best solution.
If needed reposition it using additional.
A great way to use up excess concrete.
Dig for the first row of block.
Position your first block and use a standard level to make sure it s even.
Prepare the foundation step 1.