How To Build a Curved, Block Sitting Wall | Techo-Bloc (Semma)
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2022
- Join me as I build a curved sitting wall using (split faced) concrete block. This video is full of tips and tricks so that you can have the confidence to take on a project like this yourself. Enjoy the video!
The wall blocks are manufactured by (Techo-Bloc) and the name of the wall system is (Semma) with a color tone called (Champlain Grey).
To see all the videos from this project, click this playlist link right here👉 • Backyard Makeover!
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As a stone mason for 52 years, it is refreshing to see someone do it right with pride in their work, I would hire you!
Thanks for the feedback Chuck! I love connecting with others from the trade. I'm glad you like the work! ✌
Thank you for all of the details and specifics! It helps a lot. Great video!
Thank you very much, I am glad it was helpful!
The shape of the patio looks like a guitar! Looks great!
I never looked at it that way, it really does! Thanks man 🤙🏻
Wow, that looks AWESOME!! WELL DONE!!
Thank you very much!
great content, as ever! loving the attention to detail by cutting the top course of stones to make it double-sided at the custom radius 👍
Thank you, Quality is in the details ✌🏻
Great. THX! 🙏
looks great!
Surprised you don't have more like. Solid work. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it! ✌
Your AWESOME BRO !!!
LOL Thanks brother! ✌
This is how I want my patio! This video helped answer a lot of questions I had about the wall etc. I wouldn’t need the wall if I didn’t have dirt to put behind it. Awesome video! 😊
Glad to hear it! Good luck on your project!
Very nice, professional job!....As a retired tradesman myself it's nice to see someone who still cares about the finishes details of a project like you do...Keep up the excellent work and take care...
Thanks for the support! Quality is in the details. ✌
Talent my guy
Thank you brother ✌
Very nice job beautiful rounds patio. 👍🏽👍🏽. Good job 👏🏽. Man
Thanks brother!
I love it
Thank you ✌
Beautiful work
Thank you!
Another brilliant project!! Amazes me how detail oriented you are. Your precision with your cuts is outstanding. I am constantly in awe. 😁 Seriously you lost me with the measurements and cuts. 😂🤣 But the end result was flawless!! Perfection!! Gold star ⭐️ lol
Thank you very much! I really love this work and am a bit of a perfectionist... LOL It is a blessing and a curse.... 🤣✌
Good afternoon brother. My name is Michael with Coleman Cuts Landscaping here in Richmond, Virginia. You guys do AWESOME work and very informative/attention to detail which we at our company keep at top of priority list. We are looking to add on "hardscape" services to our business and will be tuning in to your content for much more teaching. Keep up the great work. May God continue to BLESS you and family/business.😎🙌🏾
Hey man, thanks for the great feedback! I keep quality as #1, that is what sets you apart from the rest in this industry. Good luck with getting into the industry, God bless you too brother! ✌
you got Benny and Ben Affleck out here getting it done! this was just what i was looking for! im looking to do a curve but with cinder blocks and face with flat vaneers lite stone. im trying to make a circle and pit just like this. Hope it comes out clean as this. thanks
😂 Yes sir! Sounds like a cool project you got, good luck with building! ✌
Great jobs as always guys , hey bud just like you would like for Benny to stop smoking you should really be wearing a mask when cutting those blocks or pavers cause that dust is no joke for your lungs and we all need you to stay healthy cause you guys are my favorite channel to watch 😎👍🏽
Thanks man, and you are completely right. I don't wear a mask as much as I should. Thanks for looking out brother ✌
Great works looks good.
I find for radius double sided walls it’s hard to beat mini creta! Try to sell the client on that. Looks very similar to that wall.
Thank you, I really like that mini creta wall too, more character...👍
Loving the videos. So informative. I currently have a landscaping business and I am thinking about venturing out into hardscaping instead of subbing out all the jobs. I have watched so many different videos but I like how thorough you are. I'm kinda curious about the materials you choose to use as your base because most around me use sand and what you think about the new products coming out. Have a blessed day!
Thank you, glad you like them! It is a great service to get into. Here is a link to a video that explains my backfilling method 👉ruclips.net/video/fDe3tMZQY5o/видео.html
Hey Ben, how's Jennifer did not realize you did hardscapes on the side nice job!!
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Looks great!! How many blocks high could this be made?
Thank you, You could build some really big walls with this block if you want. But once you go over 4ft tall (8 blocks high) you are supposed to get engineered plans before you build it.
Nice job, thanks for sharing. Looks like quality work.
I am curious if you explain to the customer that the end result of a dual face wall with only a single row of blocks is going to have different size block faces on the upper rows with almost every block having non-factory cuts? As a customer if I was given a choice, I would live with my choice. But if it wasn’t explained to me my OCD would pick that out . Would a second row actually be cheaper because you are not cutting every block?
Thank you, I totally understand where you are coming from but in this situation, double sided was far more important than joint lines. I have OCD beyond belief, trust me, but nothing is more cheesy and ugly in my opinion than open spaces between blocks behind a wall. Especially when it is clearly visible. I went back and forth a few times about the joint lines, ended up deciding the double faced was more important.... Very cool that you noticed it though, good eyes! ✌
Great video. I've seen "pie" cuts to fill the gaps too but they never look right. Do you find that the walls don't need glue with gravel and the plastic retainers? I use glue on every row, not just caps, but I am not convinced it's worth it or necessary.
Thanks! I think the pie cuts are very ugly.... I glue all corners and blocks next to the corners at a minimum. Sometimes I put dabs of glue on the back corners of every block but I never glue the entire bottom of every block. I think that is overkill for sure. The plastic interlocking retainers are enough for the majority of the wall. ✌
Enjoyed the video.
Any particular reason you started building the wall in the middle rather than one end or the other?
Thanks!
Thanks, No particular reason. Just seemed easier to find our center point and work from there. ✌
Hi there boss ones again. I see there is always a solid block being put in there. Is there a reason why or a good time when to do so ? Thank you once again. God Bless
Hey man, The solids come mixed in on the pallet so you can make your own corners. But when you don't need them for corners, you just mix them in as you see fit ✌
Great content!! TechoBloc shows the top of the first row of a free standing wall at grade, so top of first row flush with paver top. Is this really required?
Thanks! On a 4ft high wall or more, definitely bury the first row completely. But a sitting wall, laying the 1st row half way buried is perfect. It locks it in but also gives you the perfect height. 2.5 rows and the cap is 18". That is the most comfortable sitting height that I have found. 21 is too high and 15 is too low. So burying the 1st block halfway is ideal 👌✌
Its excellent! Where did you buy the wall blocks? Can you please provide the link?
Thank you, the blocks are made by (Techo-Bloc) and the style is called (Semma) with a color tone called (Champlain Grey). Go to Techo-Bloc's website to find a dealer close to you. ✌
Nice work! What's the diameter of that patio?
Thanks, it is a little over 20 ft wide 👍🏻
I know it's been awhile back but that shape should be called the Kraken :D
🤣🤣 that is a good one 👌
i dont understand how a wall stays in put over yeara w no footing. ive seen this done on aome other channels too. so i guess my question is why no footing?
Some of the longest lasting walls out there have been dry laid on (open grade) stone. AKA clean' crushed stone. It allows water to freely flow down through the sub soils and permeates even deeper. This crushed granite is a better footing than concrete. After compaction, it is solid. With the benefit of having open spaces in it. It allows any moisture in it to drain, but also gives it space to expand into when it freezes.
The biggest reason concrete pads fail and crack because they base material they used is so compacted and dense, that it holds onto water like a sponge. So when the winter comes and freezes the class 5 or dense grade, it heaves the pad up. Then when the material thaws, the pad sinks unevenly. Causing it to crack and settle.
It is the same thing with a footing for a wall. No matter what you do, the ground will shift slightly through the different seasons. Dry laying the blocks on a material that holds on to the least amount of water is key to longevity. Even if the wall lifts a little with the freeze cycle, it will settle back into it's place when it thaws. If you were to put it on a footing and movement happens. It will not settle back into its place correctly.
The longest lasting natural stone roads and structures from roman times were built on clean crushed stone. I did so much research on this stuff 4 years ago when I switched to this backfill method. There is no better way in my opinion. While I do set somethings on concrete footings, I still prep the base the same way.
How deep did you go for that stone base? What is the climate like?
On the top row of block, is it not possible to cut in the V-shaped space to match the lower blocks?
You could probably do it that way, I don't see why not. Never really though of that and Im not sure how much easier or time effective it is but not a bad idea at all
Do you use geogrid between the block courses for this application?
Not on this application.
At 9:53 to find the angle did you guess or is there a trick to find the correct angle to interlock them?
Sometimes you can find it by eye, but if not, just use a tape measure. You want the line you make to cut the same distance from the edge of the cap that is already laid down.
@@TheChristianHardscaper oh 👍🏾 okay thnks
How do you feel about gluing block?
I always do, it does nothing but help structurally. ✌
I am building a 2 curves wall next to each other how do I get them the exact same
Sir How much did you change for the patio and the wall ?
It can really vary from job to job, I don’t talk about pricing much in the comments. I can say that it isn’t cheap though… lol ✌🏻
Ok thank you.
this is kind of depressing. i love the results hardscape work provides but after i ruptured a disc in my back i can no longer reliably do the work. nice work though, thanks for sharing.
I’m sorry to hear that man. That’s honestly one of my biggest fears… it would really kill me to not be able to get outside and do physical labor. Stay strong brother, God puts in different seasons in our lives for reasons we don’t always know right away!
Whats the cost for a project like this including materials, if you don't mind sharing?
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I guess you used a go pro to film. I thought it was a downhill slope and then I saw you using a level
Yea, the GoPros really capture good images ✌🏻
Call it the Uvula
That's perfect! 🤣✌
Guitar shape
Have you uploaded the follow-up to this video yet?
Yes, there is an entire playlist for this project.
Click this link right here to see them all 👉ruclips.net/p/PLo6xdtKoDxWaYAO7zSwtZ6ESqdMfdAVOP
@@TheChristianHardscaper thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
Yo don't need to screed when doing a wall?
You don’t have too, it’s helpful sometimes…
You talk way to much and very little work I am done watching your stuff
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I am building a 2 curves wall next to each other how do I get them the exact same