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Concrete is what you use to fill blocks, or make sidewalks or patios, it has sand and gravel in it. Mortar is what you use to glue blocks together, it only has sand in it. Cement is what is used to make concrete and mortar. Steve Joneli. 541-408-3317.
That lets you insert at least one vertical 1/2" in every block. Move the blocks away, drill the holes, and inserted 4' long pieces of 1/2" into the holes. The I took 3/8" rebar and wove it between vertical 1/2" bars. I then put mortar on the footer and set the first row of block.
I asked a simiar question a few months ago with several really good responses. I believe 80lb bags produce something like .66ft2 of concrete. So for 8x8x16 blocks, it would be .66ft2/bag divided by .25ft/block or about 2.6 blocks filled with each 80lb bag. Last edited by mpageler; 10-23-2008 at 12:38 PM.
It will be much cheaper than block, but you have to understand that down the road you will likely have to replace the walls due to the environment. I am in FL, not sure how the PA winters would effect it. I can imagine water between the boards freezing and expanding, creating some damage. Block wise with rebar its pretty easy for the horizontal.
The idea is to have a short cinder-block wall, 3 high (layed long-ways), with the water inside coming up as deep as 2 blocks, then have some sort of coping stores over-hanging a little. Add in a flood prevention outlet & you've got a pond turtles shouldn't be able to crawl out of. Now, working with concrete would be new to me.
I have watched a bunch of youtube videos and i am still not confident so I want to list my attack plan so you can tell me if i am on-track. #1, lay out first level of cinder blocks to map out where my footer and vertical rebar should be- drive rebar into the ground. #2- remove cider blocks #3- make wooden footer mold #4- pour 6'' footer ***make ...
Cinder block pond. Hey guys, I'm going to build an above ground Koi pond on top of my my existing concrete slab and I have a few questions. First, here's the details; The existing slab is approx 10' x 15' (probably a little bigger,) and I would like to build an 8x10 pond on top of it using cinder blocks. I want the water to be at least 3 feet ...
I'll add horizontal rebar between the top two rows to create a bond beam. I'll fill every other cell with concrete and rebar, and be careful not to let it overflow by only filling to the top of the 2nd to last block in one pour, and then I can just fill the top row roughly by hand later. The pit has 2' vertical rebar dowels already epoxied into ...
Similarly, when I fill the block walls, I was originally planning on filling them as I build the walls every 3 or 4 course depth rather than do a single 7 course depth fill in order to make sure I have no air pockets and voids in the cells and in the voids where the bond beam sits.
There will be a lot of pressure on the bottom of the wall. Just rebar and clay will not hold up (IMHO). You will need a footer to stack the block on with rebar in the footer pointing up. The blocks can be stacked over the rebar and glued together with construction adhesive to keep from moving.
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