Hi all,
Can I ask for guidance on which would be most appropriate for a garden retaining wall:
- single skin of hollow blocks with vertical reinforcing bar & concrete fill
- double skin of dense blocks with concrete fill (and rebar if necessary?)
- dense block rear skin and facing brick front skin (with concrete fill?)
I would likely finish the first two options with brick cladding or roughcast. Which option would be easiest for a first-time bricklayer, yet strong enough for the job? Footings of 600mm wide x 300mm deep plus one block course below ground, with 5 courses above ground.
Thanks in advance!
Can I ask for guidance on which would be most appropriate for a garden retaining wall:
- single skin of hollow blocks with vertical reinforcing bar & concrete fill
- double skin of dense blocks with concrete fill (and rebar if necessary?)
- dense block rear skin and facing brick front skin (with concrete fill?)
I would likely finish the first two options with brick cladding or roughcast. Which option would be easiest for a first-time bricklayer, yet strong enough for the job? Footings of 600mm wide x 300mm deep plus one block course below ground, with 5 courses above ground.
Thanks in advance!