How to Build a Retaining Wall! (Stackable Mortar-Less) 

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Thank you! Cheers!

Nice job

I was wondering exactly the same thing. Is that wall still going to be vertical in 10 or 15 years?

I think if the height were increased then that may be a issue

Been doing walls for 10+ years and this is the block I use and there should have been geogrid and at least 12” of clean #57 stone behind this wall to make sure it wont fail. Would not be surprised if this wall fails within 5 year!!

Ive heard that if you go above 4' its a good idea to use geogrid

We over engineer our walls and do it anytime over 2.5 feet with a level area above but with this having a 3 to 1 slope it is required by the manufacture to at least have 2 layers of geogrid with the soil that is there and also with the slope. Also required to have at least 12” of #57 stone behind the wall with a drain at the bottom of the wall that drains every 50’. I have built over 500 walls and have had over 50 walls I have been called in to correct because installs are not done correctly. Think these guys do AMAZING work in concrete and wouldn’t even begin to know a thing about concrete but when it comes to walls I do and this wasn’t done correctly. I hope it will still last for the customer!!

Yes everything could be better. Really unlimited on the possibilities

Very true. But when you give someone that 200k estimate for perfection for 500 years, it tends to be rejected.

@@hsandv70 Do that and you'll never work again.

@@OdellCompleteConcrete exactly. I was responding to the original thread here.

Yes, you can put a membrane behind the stone, behind the wall.

Bro Ogden my home town dog

@@zachcombs6271 Are you licensed, insured and bonded to do cinder block work in Ogden, UT?

I would like to see that natural stone wall. TY

I concur TY

How would you have done this differently?

@@MattyK1873 Would you like a personal consultation and quote?

Lol I hauled it as well, I had no complaints

@@OdellCompleteConcrete do you know why you had no complaints? Because you are a boss, and you are getting that 100k paycheck . These guys are fucking up their health for peanuts and still do it.

Someone has to do it and pick up the slack

Thank you!

Bottom course is incased with concrete

He stated they were going to stagger the joints, but they failed to do that in several locations. I didn't hear an explanation.

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Thank you

Probably is

Yes it's very popular

TY Mike

No

better job opportunity

Easy work

should always put clean gravel and drain tile behind a wall….if the wall works as intended there should never be any water in the drain tile

@@landonmorel3715 so its a type of fail-safe but not really needed then, if you did a good job that is ;)

It's not suppose to

Nice, it's well worth it.

Thanks for sharing your expense, appreciate it very much. I didn’t know if it was (somewhat) affordable or not. So, with labor at least that much and. Then some. Much appreciated

There designed for this

@@OdellCompleteConcrete designed how?

@@alanc5589 the way these blocks are engineered is to interlock top layer to the lower and so on, they work together to form as an almost one solid wall, the reason they fill in the holes with gravel is to make it heavier and therefore stronger and also help with drainage,,, no need for any additional drain pipes or any fabrics, these stackable walls perform way better than your typical block/concrete/rebar ones , that’s probably why they are more expensive plus they look better

Not likely, according to the string line. Probably a optical

Its the fish eye lens. You can see as the camera is panning the bow keeps changing.

TY

Thats Stud status

TY

Great

That's too old school

Bingo

Gravel and sand

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Me too TY

Thats a bummer, I had to do that recently

stronger

I’m in utah and I charge around $35-$40 /s.f. For installing professional block walls with a drainage system. Gas here is $4.50/gal for a reference of our inflation here. Hope this helps.

we like the moss look in canada we smear a yogurt on the stone and voila moss

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It would rust out in a couple of years

Every City is different

perfect

This is a different type of retaining wall

Dig them up

no, we want it locked in for this design

TY

probably

OSS

one day

6' hickory extend a hoe

orco has it

Thank you!

Not likely since there is very little water on that hill

But that once a decade deluge will destroy that wall.

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Yes TY

ORco

Orco

All walls fail

Nevermind. Once I saw a shot of the driveway better, that can't be it, unless the owner beat the hell outa it and leaked oil all over it. Lol.

Yeah that was a different house

Interlocking

Good idea

the specs didn't call for it

I had the same question. Where I live with the frost, both a required to evacuate the water and avoid the ice forming behind the wall to push it forward and eventually crumble down.

the water can flow through it releasing back pressure

No Is it nice?

True

I'm a two man team so quite a while

TY

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The way the wall is engineered, the more pressure against it the stronger it gets

@@OdellCompleteConcrete I love your channel and you guys do some outstanding work. Could you elaborate on this statement a bit ... "the more pressure against it the stronger it gets"... I don't quite understand. Thanks in advance

@@MrMelvinOneilbecause it's interlocking, it's not really like it gets stronger but it has more resistance if weight is pushing against it than it would without any weight on it, obviously there's a breaking point too though

No need

Good to hear!

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10yds

@@OdellCompleteConcrete Thanks O'Dell Let's go Big Blue

Liquid nail

yes

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Rock

Only if your charging money

My son