Avoid having downspouts pointed at the retaining wall and if it s against the house keep soil and mulch well below the siding.
How to build a concrete culvert retaining wall.
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If the distance is greater than 8 drive additional stakes so that the gaps do not exceed 8.
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Tie a string to a stake at the wall s desired height and stretch across to opposite stake or stakes.
Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits.
Then pour your concrete inside the form using a chute or hose attached to the mixer.
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To form a concrete wall first set up plywood boards on either side of your concrete footer and attach them together with wire.
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Drive long wooden stakes into the ground at each end.
To make the wall as strong as possible pour the concrete in layers no higher than 20 inches working from 1 end of the wall to the.
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Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
Using a shovel mark the ground where the retaining wall will be built.
Today i built a culvert retaining wall for the culvert on the shop driveway to keep it from washing out around the sides.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.