Mortared Recycled Concrete Retaining Wall

So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.

Mortared recycled concrete retaining wall.

This adaptive reuse also kept the concrete out of the landfill. It s 1 metre high. For projects that don t require a lot of mortar use smaller bags of mortar mix or concrete. It s just a standard amber block wall with no mortar on a concrete footing.

It must be deeper than the frost line or at least 12 inches deep for a 3 foot high wall. Dig a trench about 6 inches wider than your wall. If you re building a retaining wall use a blended mason mix which includes the heavy duty mortar type s masonry cement and graded sand. Since our first recycled concrete retaining walls in the 1980 s residential and commercial properties around the northwest have chosen the wall for adding beauty and value to any natural setting.

Hi all so we have an ugly pool retaining wall which we d ideally like to clad and put some plants in front as well. I salvaged a couple tons of broken concrete to reuse in the construction of a retaining wall. Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter. We d like to remove the pillars and clad the whole wall with something like.

We ll talk more about pouring concrete footings for mortared stone walls later. See reference 1 pages 13 to 14 in each area you wish to build a section of wall dig and level a space as wide and deep as you wish to plant. Your retaining wall will stand on our exclusive 5 year warranty. The lower reused concrete retaining wall is complete construction was the same as a bookleaf dry stone wall with the roughly broken 300 x 600mm 1ft x 2ft concrete slabs laid stretcher bond style and the smooth sawn pieces from our neighbour forming the base course where their textural difference would be less noticeable.

This is high strength contractor grade and pre blended mortar. Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag. For extra stability put down a layer of gravel or. Tamp the gravel in the bottom of the trench and pour at least 8 inches of concrete.

A mortar wall must be built on a firm foundation or its joints will crack. Figure out what materials you need get them on site and get them covered with tarps. Do the layout for your wall before winter arrives it will be easier to do the planning before the ground freezes. This is also ideal for stone columns.

That s right the idea is that. Retaining walls can be constructed using a variety of materials from poured concrete and large timbers to natural stones even bricks.