Push the first block into the mortar until it s 3 8 inch above the footing.
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Creating the block garden wall.
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Remove blocks and reset on 1l8 inch bed of bonding cement.
Stack remaining blocks dry without mortar.
Level to level blocks lengthwise and a torpedo level to level the front to back.
Make sure joints between cap blocks are filled with mortar and smoothed with the finishing tool.
Corners should be interlocked.
Lay out your concrete block in a dry run spacing it with 3 8 inch plywood spacers.
Lay out the wall and excavate the slope and the footing trench.
Prepare the footing spread mortar and build leads sliding the block over the rebar as needed.
Take up the block and spread mortar on the footing.
Once the first row is installed pack native soil to grade level on both sides of this course to anchor the wall in place.
Install the first course of blocks using a taut string line to establish a straight row.
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Mark all the edges of the course.
Build the footing and insert rebar into the wet concrete at intervals corresponding to the cores in the blocks.