Build a Concrete Retaining Wall for Your Garden!

Concrete blocks are perfect for building walls to hold the soil after digging down a slope for a sidewalk, patio, or other landscaping projects. The Langley retaining walls need to have a way to let water out that accumulates on the slope behind it. The weight of the water in the soil would cause the wall to collapse or possibly crack in the absence of a pressure-relief mechanism.

Some of the water is escorted out through weep holes, which are lengths of 3/4-inch pipe installed along the top of the first course. The system's other component is a gravel-covered plastic drainpipe. As water builds up behind the wall, it seeps through the gravel and into the drainpipe, where it is safely carried away.   

As you pour the footing, add rebar; this should be done every three blocks or as required by your local codes. The next stage is to use mortar to fill the cores surrounding the rebar from bottom to top.  

Building a 3x10-foot concrete block retaining wall will take 20–36 hours. You must plan the arrangement and pour the footing before you start. Showcase Landscaping, Inc., provides you the professional who are skilled enough to build an effective retaining wall for you.  

Step 1: Create the Langley retaining wall's layout, then dig the footing trench and slope. Construct the footing and place rebar in the wet concrete at intervals that correspond to the block cores. Make the leads, spread the mortar, and plan the footing as necessary before sliding the block over the rebar.  

Step 2: For every third block, place a weep hole (34-inch pipe) into the mortar while you erect the second course of blocks. Create a mortar bed for the pipe by chipping away a tiny portion of the block and tilting the mortar bed slightly towards the front. Then, carve a recess in the following block, butter its ears, and place it.  

Step 3: Occasionally stop to inspect the mortar. Scrape off the excess after it begins to somewhat harden up by varying the trowel's edge upside. As you remove the mortar, stop filling the weep holes with an added mortar.  

Step 4: Spread landscape fabric on the soil beneath the wall's base after you've installed at least two courses, temporarily draping the extra over the slope's grass. To hold the fabric as you work, place rocks on it. Backfill the wall with gravel, installing a perforated drainpipe on the gravel bed level with the top of the first course, between the back of the wall and the slope. Turn the holes downward.  

Step 5: More pebbles should be piled on top of the drainpipe. As you add stages to the wall, add more gravel to the backfill. After covering the gravel fill with landscape fabric, add soil to the rear. Change out the sod.  

Step 6: Fill those cores holding rebar with mortar to the top once the concrete-block retaining wall is completed in height. Make the fill mortar marginally wetter than the joint mortar. Using a trowel, smooth the surface. To complete the wall, apply more mortar and place cap blocks.  

Final Thoughts  

A retaining wall is a useful and lovely addition to your yard. If you don't know how and which Langley retaining walls are suitable for your place, don't worry. Showcase Landscaping, Inc., has experts and all the equipment that you'll need to build a retaining wall.