Cinder Block Retaining Wall With Stone Veneer

Stucco is similar to concrete but more decorative.

Cinder block retaining wall with stone veneer.

In this video this old house landscape contractor roger cook dresses up a block wall with stone veneer panels. Retaining wall caps 440 640 pallet or 54 to 69 face ft. Heaviness setting up a stone wall is a very labor intensive process. For example if your cinder blocks are 8x8 in 20x20 cm and you want to use 2 blocks to make up the wall s width your total wall width would be 16 in 40 cm.

Concrete is an inexpensive way to create a strong cover. Whether you are dealing with fist sized stones pulled straight from the river or stone veneers that are shaved down into tile like thicknesses stone. Use different material to give any cinder block wall a unique aesthetic appeal. Stone veneer wall design.

A bare untreated unpainted foundation wall gives your home an unfinished appearance. To determine the width of your future wall decide how many cinder blocks you want to use for the wall width then calculate the width using the block s measurements. Vinyl panels and stone veneers are alternative decorations that match with many homes. Building blocks diversity fitting too many different pieces together may prove to be a joy for some but a chore for others.

Quality stone masons are recommended for the veneer itself. Concrete blocks 12 22 face ft. How to face a concrete block wall with stone. One of the ways you can make the wall more attractive is to add stone veneer to the wall s surface.

Remove any remaining stain or paint from the wall with a right angle grinder fitted with wire brush. Fortunately you have many options for improving a cinder block wall. A stone veneer retaining wall must be well designed and usually requires a landscape architect or a very capable design build company for construction drawings. Depending on the type of the stone you ve chosen a natural stone retaining wall will cost you 8 to 12 per square foot.

This is the part 2 video of us showing how to apply the stone ledgers under the cantilever ledge to give your walls houses block walls or whatever you want. Use a pressure washer fitted with a paint stripping tip to blast the concrete wall clean of all stain paint and dirt.