Stone Veneer Cinder Block Retaining Wall
Concrete exterior or interior wall.
Stone veneer cinder block retaining wall. Start at the base of the wall and work your way up to the top of the 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. 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. Snap a level chalk line onto the wall 6 inches above the driveway.
Retaining wall caps 440 640 pallet or 54 to 69 face ft. Stone veneer wall design. The ultimate dimensions of each wall design change according to pressures caused by climatic extremes. Including cleaned and untreated concrete masonry or stucco.
Cover the lath with a scratch coat of mortar to. Wipe the back of the panels with a wet cloth. Because of the bare bones appearance of cinder block the wall will still need some form of visual enhancement with a stucco or veneer finish on the exposed surfaces. Quality stone masons are recommended for the veneer itself.
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. This will create a inch space beneath the 6 inch wide stone veneer panels. Start installing the stone veneer at the wall corner. How to face a concrete block wall with stone.
Be sure to inspect new concrete to insure there is no release agents form oil on the surface. If you are applying stone veneer to a painted or sealed concrete foundation attach a layer of metal lath to the concrete wall with masonry anchors.