Construction and demolition projects can create large quantities of waste building materials which often end up in the landfill.
How to build a broken 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.
We break the pieces into square foot blocks.
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We do a lot of broken concrete retaining walls and they work very well.
Add 2 to 3 inches of sand in the trench.
We wedge the pieces and tip the walls so it is not just straight up and down.
My new grand plan d re used the old broken concrete cut up into smaller slabs to create 500mm 20 high gravity walls keeping it on site in a very environmentally virtuous way.
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Stack the broken concrete pieces to form the wall.
As you build check regularly with a level to make sure it s even.
Then pour your concrete inside the form using a chute or hose attached to the mixer.
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