One cool thing I noticed that I can’t recall if you verbalized or not: but when you were setting the block you did it at a slight angle so as to keep the cement out of the joint and be able to keep them tight. It’s tricks like those that’ll help me out immensely 🙂 thank you for taking the time to video all this! I’ve watched a lot of videos on laying block and I’m so glad to have found yours! SOOO much good info, I will be doing about 300’ of block wall around our back yard and I will definitely be employing many things I’ve learned from you along the way. I love learning new skills from the skilled!
Good morning. Thanks for the great videos. Question on the rebar you used to set your height. After the wet set is complete do you go back and pull that rebar or do you cut them off later? I noticed they were in the wet concrete. Thank you!
I like to pull them out but I usually end up cutting them off because if anything settles I like to be able to adjust it so I leave them in there as long as I can. Just depends on how the day goes mostly. But yes if everything is solid and won't be moving or settling I'll carefully pull them out.
Hi. I am building a free standing block wall. Its 8 ft long and 4 ft high. Will wet set the first course. I will also reinforce with rebars and concrete. How long should I wait for the footer to cure before I continue with the second course etc.? Thank you!
Novice here, about to give this a try on a small retaining wall. I know your line keeps you level on the long end, but were you checking for level across the block as well, or is any variation something you fix when you mortar in the next course of block?
Ya, level it across, it takes a little longer to wet set but you'll have a better product in the end. It takes a while to get an eye for level, and even then it won't be perfect.
why do you wet set the blocks? i’m a mason , we just pour the footing trowel or mag it smooth real quick. then next day we lay it out and snap lines on the footing. then build our corners. run string lines and run the wall in. i feel like it’s quicker. block all down weight so no need to stick them in concrete. plus if somehow someone messes up it’s easier to take a wall down and rebuild.
We only wet set when using tongue and groove block, buildings can't really be done like this because you would have to go back and fill all your head joints with mortar. But in this application it is much faster. Jut as an example, there are 225 block on this wall per course, it was all wet set in an hour and a half with only one person wet setting, I can't lay that many block spreading out mortar, it gives you quite a boost.
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One cool thing I noticed that I can’t recall if you verbalized or not: but when you were setting the block you did it at a slight angle so as to keep the cement out of the joint and be able to keep them tight. It’s tricks like those that’ll help me out immensely 🙂 thank you for taking the time to video all this!
I’ve watched a lot of videos on laying block and I’m so glad to have found yours! SOOO much good info, I will be doing about 300’ of block wall around our back yard and I will definitely be employing many things I’ve learned from you along the way. I love learning new skills from the skilled!
Awesome, I did mention it in the video, glad they did you some good. 👍
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Good morning. Thanks for the great videos. Question on the rebar you used to set your height. After the wet set is complete do you go back and pull that rebar or do you cut them off later? I noticed they were in the wet concrete. Thank you!
I like to pull them out but I usually end up cutting them off because if anything settles I like to be able to adjust it so I leave them in there as long as I can. Just depends on how the day goes mostly. But yes if everything is solid and won't be moving or settling I'll carefully pull them out.
Hi. I am building a free standing block wall. Its 8 ft long and 4 ft high. Will wet set the first course. I will also reinforce with rebars and concrete. How long should I wait for the footer to cure before I continue with the second course etc.? Thank you!
With a wall that short I'd say you'll be OK as soon as the footing is hard enough to walk on. To be safe the next day.
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Thanks and will do, planning to upload regularly for a few years
Novice here, about to give this a try on a small retaining wall. I know your line keeps you level on the long end, but were you checking for level across the block as well, or is any variation something you fix when you mortar in the next course of block?
Ya, level it across, it takes a little longer to wet set but you'll have a better product in the end. It takes a while to get an eye for level, and even then it won't be perfect.
why do you wet set the blocks? i’m a mason , we just pour the footing trowel or mag it smooth real quick. then next day we lay it out and snap lines on the footing. then build our corners. run string lines and run the wall in. i feel like it’s quicker. block all down weight so no need to stick them in concrete. plus if somehow someone messes up it’s easier to take a wall down and rebuild.
We only wet set when using tongue and groove block, buildings can't really be done like this because you would have to go back and fill all your head joints with mortar. But in this application it is much faster. Jut as an example, there are 225 block on this wall per course, it was all wet set in an hour and a half with only one person wet setting, I can't lay that many block spreading out mortar, it gives you quite a boost.
Jeez guys! Just go metric! It's SOOOOOO much easier!
Ya seems like it would be 10 inches in a foot instead of 12 much easier to divide it up.