How to Build a Garden Wall

spade spirit level rubber mallet club hammer bolster chisel for splitting units personal protective equipment hardcore sharp sand croft walling units pre-draining backfill material croft walling units were specially designed by marshals for diy use and offer a simple fast and straightforward solution requiring no mortar or pointing first measure your area and dig out a trench to form the base for your wall the depth of this trench should be twice the width of your finished wall into this trench lay a good foundation material and compact using a sledgehammer or similar tool cap this off with sharp sand to a depth of 50 millimeters level and tamp down the sand using a spirit level to check your finished surfaces even lay the first course of croft walling units onto your prepared base tamping down with a rubber mallet and ensuring the units are perfectly straight and level using a spirit level backfill to the base of this first course using free draining backfill material ensuring the material fills the voids between the units as each subsequent course is laid continue to backfill build up the courses making sure that the interlocking nearby the rear of each unit is pushed up hard against the back of the lower course forming a narrow lip on each course at the front of the emerging wall once the wall has reached the required height backfill with soil to the required depth here the bed created has been used to locate a water feature croft walling may be used to equally good effect to create planting beds and attractive tiered garden features

Channel: Marshalls Gardens and Driveways

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Keywords: diy, diy walling, how to build, 2019, garden, wall, how to, retaining wall, building walls, 2021, do it yourself, walls, croft walling, build a wall

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Length: 2min 8sec (128 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 12 2011