How To Build a Curved, Block Sitting Wall | Techo-Bloc (Semma) 

Thanks for the feedback Chuck! I love connecting with others from the trade. I'm glad you like the work! ✌

Thanks for the support! Quality is in the details. ✌

Hey man, thanks for the great feedback! I keep quality as #1, that is what sets you apart from the rest in this industry. Good luck with getting into the industry, God bless you too brother! ✌

😂 Yes sir! Sounds like a cool project you got, good luck with building! ✌

I never looked at it that way, it really does! Thanks man 🤙🏻

Thank you very much, I am glad it was helpful!

Glad to hear it! Good luck on your project!

Thanks man, and you are completely right. I don't wear a mask as much as I should. Thanks for looking out brother ✌

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it! ✌

Thank you very much! I really love this work and am a bit of a perfectionist... LOL It is a blessing and a curse.... 🤣✌

Thanks brother!

Thank you brother ✌

Thank you, Quality is in the details ✌🏻

LOL Thanks brother! ✌

Thank you, I really like that mini creta wall too, more character...👍

Thank you very much!

Thank you ✌

Hey man, The solids come mixed in on the pallet so you can make your own corners. But when you don't need them for corners, you just mix them in as you see fit ✌

Thank you!

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Thank you, glad you like them! It is a great service to get into. Here is a link to a video that explains my backfilling method 👉ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fDe3tMZQY5o.html

Thank you, I totally understand where you are coming from but in this situation, double sided was far more important than joint lines. I have OCD beyond belief, trust me, but nothing is more cheesy and ugly in my opinion than open spaces between blocks behind a wall. Especially when it is clearly visible. I went back and forth a few times about the joint lines, ended up deciding the double faced was more important.... Very cool that you noticed it though, good eyes! ✌

🤣🤣 that is a good one 👌

Thanks! I think the pie cuts are very ugly.... I glue all corners and blocks next to the corners at a minimum. Sometimes I put dabs of glue on the back corners of every block but I never glue the entire bottom of every block. I think that is overkill for sure. The plastic interlocking retainers are enough for the majority of the wall. ✌

Some of the longest lasting walls out there have been dry laid on (open grade) stone. AKA clean' crushed stone. It allows water to freely flow down through the sub soils and permeates even deeper. This crushed granite is a better footing than concrete. After compaction, it is solid. With the benefit of having open spaces in it. It allows any moisture in it to drain, but also gives it space to expand into when it freezes. The biggest reason concrete pads fail and crack because they base material they used is so compacted and dense, that it holds onto water like a sponge. So when the winter comes and freezes the class 5 or dense grade, it heaves the pad up. Then when the material thaws, the pad sinks unevenly. Causing it to crack and settle. It is the same thing with a footing for a wall. No matter what you do, the ground will shift slightly through the different seasons. Dry laying the blocks on a material that holds on to the least amount of water is key to longevity. Even if the wall lifts a little with the freeze cycle, it will settle back into it's place when it thaws. If you were to put it on a footing and movement happens. It will not settle back into its place correctly. The longest lasting natural stone roads and structures from roman times were built on clean crushed stone. I did so much research on this stuff 4 years ago when I switched to this backfill method. There is no better way in my opinion. While I do set somethings on concrete footings, I still prep the base the same way.

How deep did you go for that stone base? What is the climate like?

Thanks, No particular reason. Just seemed easier to find our center point and work from there. ✌

Thank you, You could build some really big walls with this block if you want. But once you go over 4ft tall (8 blocks high) you are supposed to get engineered plans before you build it.

Sometimes you can find it by eye, but if not, just use a tape measure. You want the line you make to cut the same distance from the edge of the cap that is already laid down.

@@TheChristianHardscaper oh 👍🏾 okay thnks

Thank you, the blocks are made by (Techo-Bloc) and the style is called (Semma) with a color tone called (Champlain Grey). Go to Techo-Bloc's website to find a dealer close to you. ✌

You could probably do it that way, I don't see why not. Never really though of that and Im not sure how much easier or time effective it is but not a bad idea at all

Thanks! On a 4ft high wall or more, definitely bury the first row completely. But a sitting wall, laying the 1st row half way buried is perfect. It locks it in but also gives you the perfect height. 2.5 rows and the cap is 18". That is the most comfortable sitting height that I have found. 21 is too high and 15 is too low. So burying the 1st block halfway is ideal 👌✌

I’m sorry to hear that man. That’s honestly one of my biggest fears… it would really kill me to not be able to get outside and do physical labor. Stay strong brother, God puts in different seasons in our lives for reasons we don’t always know right away!

I always do, it does nothing but help structurally. ✌

That's perfect! 🤣✌

Not on this application.

Thanks, it is a little over 20 ft wide 👍🏻

Yea, the GoPros really capture good images ✌🏻

Yes, there is an entire playlist for this project. Click this link right here to see them all 👉ru-vid.com/group/PLo6xdtKoDxWaYAO7zSwtZ6ESqdMfdAVOP

@@TheChristianHardscaper thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

It can really vary from job to job, I don’t talk about pricing much in the comments. I can say that it isn’t cheap though… lol ✌🏻

Ok thank you.

You don’t have too, it’s helpful sometimes…

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