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Koth

Ok great stuff.

I'll be pouring the concrete next weekend, if there's lots of rain this week can I still pour the footings if they are holding water?

Do I lay the first course of blocks on cement? Or on concrete in the same way that curb stones are layed?

Thanks for your continued interest.

Koth

Diolch yn fawr I've dug the footings today and got away with not stepping them so straight forward now, 600mm deep at the shallowest end of the slope and gradient wasn't as bad as I thought so not much deeper at the other end. Mixing concrete seems straight forward but I have come across some litera...

Koth

Thanks for this. Few more questions please..... I am using wall starters at each end, is there still a need to construct pillars at each end also? I was planning on each footing step being a fair distance apart, say 0.3m, and not resting on top of each other with an overlap. Is this a no-no? Cheers

Koth

Hi All I would like to build a smallish wall as a project. It will be the first time for me to have a go at building anything. The wall is 5m long and will be 1.5m to 1.8m tall. It'll be constructed with 100mm blocks. I am planning on incorporating a few piers and tying the ends into an existing gar...

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