Pro Tips: Building a Dry Stack Masonry Wall

Want to build a masonry wall, but you aren't a mason? Sakrete's got you covered. Concrete Expert Dirk Tharpe walks you through the basics of building a mortarless dry stack wall using Surface Bonding Cement.
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0:00 - Welcome to Sakrete Pro Tips
0:14 - Why Dry Stack?
1:26 - Laying the First Course
2:28 - Stacking the Wall
2:36 - Maintaining SSD
2:47 - Planning and Engineering
3:46 - Mixing
4:36 - Application Notes
5:20 - Technique Check
5:36 - Tools
6:00 - Coating the Wall
6:41 - Finishing Options

[@RC-jf6rj]

I keep seeing different videos using 4' walls as the sample wall.....can you dry-stack a 6' wall? My plan is to use 16x8x16 corner blocks every 10' using mortar and rebar (filling the blocks with concrete) with the dry stack in between each (so 10' long x 6' high) going around my back yard

[@lockeddown9779]

You can dry-stack an entire building, no limits. Need to follow structural requirements the same as a mortar joint wall for any opening or intersection.

[@apollon722]

Thanks for the information. Here is a question unrelated to the video. What pants are you wearing? Please don’t laugh, hard to find what you have where I live. Thanks in advance