Pavestone Retaining Wall Installation Video

First see how to build a home patio with pavestone paver stones with a little help from some gloves safety glasses a wheelbarrow wooden 2x4 s sledgehammer or rubber mallet and a shovel and spade.
Pavestone retaining wall installation video. Signup for your pavestone enews. Using a tape measure decide the length and the width of your retaining wall then mark off the area with the garden stakes and string. In this video this old house landscape contractor roger cook explains how to build a retaining wall using concrete blocks. Stretch a level line between wood stakes to establish the wall height.
Like the flagstone patio. Back from face of retaining wall. Check out these three videos on how to design prepare and implement landscape projects for your home with pavestone. The success of your retaining wall depends on a level base.
Building a retaining wall with blocks from lowe s is easy with these steps. You will see how you can terrace a hill stop errosion or merely make a ra. The interlocking retaining wall block can be used to build walls up to 24 to 36 inches high depending on the size of the block. Steps to building a retaining wall.
Tell us who you are. Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits. To create a solid foundation dig a trench for the first course of your interlocking retaining wall blocks to sit in and make sure the ground remains even throughout. Avoid having downspouts pointed at the retaining wall and if it s against the house keep soil and mulch well below the siding.
And that s just the start. This is a ten minute how to build a wall using inexpensive formed concrete blocks.