Build the footing and insert rebar into the wet concrete at intervals corresponding to the cores in the blocks.
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Corners should be interlocked.
Creating the block garden wall.
Make sure joints between cap blocks are filled with mortar and smoothed with the finishing tool.
Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
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.
Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back.
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Install the first course of blocks using a taut string line to establish a straight row.
Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place.
Lay out the wall and excavate the slope and the footing trench.
Prepare the footing spread mortar and build leads sliding the block over the rebar as needed.
Remove blocks and reset on 1l8 inch bed of bonding cement.
Add liquid cement color to surface bonding cement and mix so that it hangs on trowel held at 90 degree angle.
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Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
Use running bond pattern to stagger ends.