What do you do with all that old broken up concrete.
Building a recycled concrete wall.
Tall wall excavate a trench deep enough to accommodate 4 to 6 in.
Now that your supplier is squared away you re ready to make actual plans for your new.
Drive a nail into the concrete here.
See reference 1 pages 13 to 14 in each area you wish to build a section of wall dig and level a space as wide and deep as you wish to plant.
For extra stability put down a layer of gravel or.
Step by step guide to recycled concrete driveway construction step 1.
So if your wall is 8 inches wide your two nails should be 8 inches apart.
Of compacted base 1 in.
Choose the right supplier.
Cross section of a retaining wall a cinder block retaining wall is only as straight and solid as the base it s built on.
Measure out from that nail to where the other face of your wall will be and place another nail.
How to build a concrete wall figure a.
Of leveling sand and half the height of the first course of blocks.
You re tearing out an driveway or patio.
The lower reused concrete retaining wall is complete construction was the same as a bookleaf dry stone wall with the roughly broken 300 x 600mm 1ft x 2ft concrete slabs laid stretcher bond style and the smooth sawn pieces from our neighbour forming the base course where their textural difference would be less noticeable.