Curved retaining walls produce an attractive accent to the exterior landscaping of a home. A well-built retaining wall is made to be capped along the top edge for folks to sit on the wall. The cap also creates a finishing touch that makes the wall look intact. Masonry wall caps are offered in lengths. You’ll want to decrease the caps to conform to the curve of the wall.
Put on safety goggles and gloves.
Lift and place your first cap so that it overhangs the end of your retaining wall on the side and face. Leave a space 3 inches thinner than your cover between the edge of your very first cap along with your next cap. Center the second cap with roughly the same face overhang. Typically the cap will overhang the front and the rear of the block below.
Place your third cap next to your second cap. Except for tight curves, you should have the ability to utilize two caps left for every single cut cap.
Place your fourth cap on top of your first and second caps. Align the face edges. Reach your pencil under and draw corners on the bottom of the cap working with the sides of the first and second caps as your guide.
Eliminate the fourth cap. Cut the fourth cap using a masonry saw with a diamond tipped blade. You can usually rent this type of watched from your home improvement store. This might be a saw cut away from the wall region.
Dry fit your cap stones all. Lift every stone in sequence and employ exterior concrete construction adhesive liberally to the top of the block wall. Place the cap stone back in position. Repeat for all of the stones.