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How to build a concrete block garden wall.
Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back.
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.
Prepare the footing spread mortar and build leads sliding the block over the rebar as needed.
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Install the first course of blocks using a taut string line to establish a straight row.
Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
Creating the block garden wall.
Lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers.
Mark all the edges of the course.
Add liquid cement color to surface bonding cement and mix so that it hangs on trowel held at 90 degree angle.
Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
Make sure joints between cap blocks are filled with mortar and smoothed with the finishing tool.
Build the footing and insert rebar into the wet concrete at intervals corresponding to the cores in the blocks.
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.
Use running bond pattern to stagger ends.