Making A Rock Wall With Concrete

Though it can be hard work building a rock wall is well worth the effort whether it will be used as a retaining wall foundation or garden fence.

Making a rock wall with concrete.

Slope the wall in a little as it gets taller 1 2 inches per foot of height is the minimum. Once built you ll have a rock solid retaining wall without all the heavy mortar lines. The stone walls i describe here are close to maintenance free. A 4 foot wall made of round 4 inch rocks is a bad joke.

To know when your concrete is ready use the back of a shovel to smooth the surface. If the groove caves in add more dry ingredients. Dig a trench that s below the frost line and 2 feet wider than the wall. Building good looking stone walls by amateurs using concrete foundations mortar and formwork.

Prepare the footing photo by russell kaye. New videos added march 2018 much more detail in the masonry playlist at https. If the surface stays smooth and the sides of the groove hold their shape your concrete is ready. If those are the rocks you have buy some sheets of plywood build a simple but strong form to support same and make a concrete rock wall.

If you can t make a distinct groove add more water. Line it with landscape fabric overlapped 12 inches at the seams add a 6 inch layer of inch stone and tamp it. Add all the ingredients to a wheelbarrow or concrete mixer depending on the size of rock you are creating and amount of mortar you are mixing. Dry stacking with no mortar is the quickest method to build a rock wall but it won t last.

Then make a groove in it with the side of the shovel. A method even beginners can tackle sucessfully to build rock walls using concrete foundations mortar and formwork. Big rocks go on the bottom. Combine dry ingredients for mortar mix.

No snake can take up residence and it is almost impossible for weeds to invade since there is no sustenance for them. How to build a rock wall 1.