Steps in building a retaining wall

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1.You'll need to be able to lift at least 75 lbs. one time. If you can not,you will need to seek someone with muscle, or just contact a professional landscaper.

2.Once your site and labor if you need are located, now measure the desired area or areas. Measure for the height, width, length, and any curves or fancy designs the wall may have.

3.Determine what materials are needed and how much of them.

4.Dig out the foundation for your wall. Dig the approximately 2 ft. wide, 8 inches deep.

5.Fill the hole with your base material. Gravel is the best base to use.

6. Now you need to compact your base material.

7.Now start laying the block. The first row will need to have the flanges broken off it.

8.After your base course is laid, the rest is easier. You just stack the next row, off-setting second row of block 1/2 block over from the other.

9.After the 2nd or the 3rd row of blocks, a erosion control fabric should be placed directly behind the wall so dirt cannot get through the cracks.

10.After laying the fabric, ‘back-fill' the wall. Just use the dirt you dug out from the base.

11.After all the blocks are laid, step back, take a look, and see what you got. If you don’t like it, do not worry, it can be taken apart, ans started over.