Hi, if its not too silly a question:- I have a garden that falls a little. At the top 1/2 I want to separate the soil borders on either side from the grass with block paving. At the bottom 1/2 I want to level it off, which will mean a small retaining wall 3-4 bricks high. Can I use the same block paving to 'top off' the top of the wall at the bottom ie use as coping? Thanks.
Using Block paving for a wall
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if you don't mind the look of the blocks, with there spacing nibs and odd size, then, yes go ahead, as they are weather tolerant. only trouble is, if you build the wall twin skin, then the paviors wont quite be wide enough to act as header copings. you would have to tile crease the wall to get over this problem.
Thanks, N. It will only be single skin as its relatively short (3-4 bricks high), I plan to lay the blocks side by side, so they should easily cover the bricks. I didn't realise they are odd sizes, though, the 1 sample I have from Build Centre is pretty rectangular, if a bit sharp at the edges.
Its the weather resistance I was after, past experience has resulted in house bricks eventually crumbling due to frost/rain. Or are there some that don't do this?
Its the weather resistance I was after, past experience has resulted in house bricks eventually crumbling due to frost/rain. Or are there some that don't do this?
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block paviors are all the same size within their thickness zones. they measure 200mmx100mm and come in three different thicknesses. so if you lay two paviors side by side as you would in a twin skin wall, you end up with 100mm+ 100mm plus a mortar joint of 10-15mm =215mm. too wide for the 200mm pavior to cope. standard house bricks are designed to be twice as long as they are wide plus 15mm to cope with a mortar joint.
and yes, some bricks spall in bad weather, others, say engineering standard, don't
and yes, some bricks spall in bad weather, others, say engineering standard, don't
any engineering spec brick will do. solid staffordshire blues are great for topping off a wall, with say, a giscol beneath.
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