Retaining Wall Hollow Concrete Blocks
Bricks can be laid in two skins which can be held together by mesh or built as a 225mm thick wall as shown in the laying bricks project.
Retaining wall hollow concrete blocks. Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits. Uses range from landscaping garden walls and terraces as well as civil engineering projects. Avoid having downspouts pointed at the retaining wall and if it s against the house keep soil and mulch well below the siding. The dry stack construction technique allows the incidental water to escape by flowing around the blocks and out the.
A wall any higher than this needs to be thicker and there are several ways of achieving this. Many pros prefer retaining wall blocks that are held together with pins rather than a lip on the bottom because pinned blocks work better on tighter curves and. Also some hollow blocks require individual backfilling which is time consuming. Buy 378 or more 1 15.
Hollow dense concrete block 7 3n 215mm minimum order qty of 10 988088. The hollow core design combines with mortarless construction to allow water to drain freely from behind the segmental retaining wall. Oldcastle mini beltis 3 in. A garden retaining wall of up to 400mm high can be built out of a single skin wall of facing bricks or concrete block.
Building walls using hollow concrete block is an economical means to creating a structure. Can be used for the construction of high strength retaining walls for external walls cavity walls partition walls and party walls. However hollow concrete block walls are not structurally very strong and will not resist the flexural stress that a wall is subjected to causing them to collapse easily. Set your store to see local availability add to cart.
W x 4 in. They are the standard sized rectangular hollow blocks made of cast concrete of high or low density. D tan charcol concrete retaining wall block 378 piece pallet model 16253061 1 28 1 28. Ideal for high strength load bearing walls.
For low density blocks industrial wastes such as fly ash or bottom ash are used as the primary raw materials and are often called cinder blocks breeze blocks in different parts of. The height of the wall and soil type determine the footing size and steel reinforcement requirements so check with a building authority for regulations and engineering specifications and for any required. Incidental water moves easily through a vertical drain that is formed by the layer of wall rock placed behind the block and in the block cores. For high density blocks portland cement and aggregate usually sand and fine gravel are used as a raw material.
H x 8 in. Check live branch stock. The terra force l15 interlocking mortarless concrete hollow block retaining wall system provides the solution to projects requiring soil retaining walls erosion protection garden terracing and reinforced slopes. Interlocking retaining wall block uk for garden landscaping soil erosion control.
Suitable for a wide variety of applications.