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Instructions build stone wall with concrete.
You can t beat stone as a building material for a backyard terrace.
Dry stack walls also drain well allowing water to pass through the wall itself.
Try to limit the height of your stone wall to less than 3.
How to build a stone wall with round stones cement step 1.
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.
How to do it choose stones.
Collect the round stones for your wall.
Use a torpedo level to check the side to side level of the stones as well as the front to back level.
On hot dry or windy days mist the wall with water as you work so that the mortar cures slowly and completely.
This is also ideal for stone columns.
The easiest way to build a stone retaining wall is to use the dry stack method that requires no mortar between stones and does not need a concrete footing like mortared walls do.
Finish the first course of stones.
30 cm 1 foot deep is adequate for a 1 2 m 4 foot tall wall.
Lay out and pour footing.
Determine the height width and length of your wall.
Take up 3 or 4 feet of the.
Level each stone as it s put in.
Look for stones that are at least twice as large as your hands clasped.
Dig out a trench that is at least as wide as the size of a large stone and at least 30 cm 1 foot deep.
Construct a poured concrete and stone patio with a curved stone wall.
Use the gravel to help level the stones.
You should get a good variety of sizes.
Lay out the site and pour the footing.
While the footing cures divide your stones into size.
Place the stones so that they touch side by side.
Finish by applying a wedge of concrete along the base course front and back to keep the wall from shifting.
For projects that don t require a lot of mortar use smaller bags of mortar mix or concrete.
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Trowel the joints between the capstones with a brick jointer making them slightly concave to channel away water.
They should be fairly snug as they re laid down.
This is high strength contractor grade and pre blended mortar.
Fill the trench almost to ground level with gravel leaving about a 5 cm 2 inch difference.
Choose stones that blend well together in color and texture.
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When the wall is complete backfill behind it with gravel up to the level of the cap stones.
As you build the wall toss all unwanted stone scraps behind the wall.
Anything taller should be handled by professionals.
Top this gravel with colored stone or mulch to suit the desired look of the landscape.