How To Form Up A Curved Concrete Wall
Plywood can be bent two ways.
How to form up a curved concrete wall. Forming curved surfaces can be accomplished by using plywood which can be bent to the desired radius. Step 2 place blocks. Refer to the plan or schematic for the retaining wall. The curved assemblies are then screwed to the form boards and the entire form is ready to be staked in place and filled with concrete.
On the build show today i m visiting a project being built with curved board formed concrete walls. How to form a homemade concrete wall step 1. However the plywood must be thick enough to support the load or pressure of wet concrete yet thin enough to bend properly. Measure from the edge of your concrete footing to the point where the outside face of your wall will be.
Flex it to the desired shape of your sidewalk and stake it down. This video will provide you with a s. As your forms fill watch for the concrete to reach the wood spreaders. Once he did that he took a piece of 1 4 the same height as form boards and attached them on either side of the curved segments.
Fixed radius manufactured walers fixed radius walers are made to a true curve but they re not adjustable. Use marking paint to mark the ground next to the form. Nail a 2 by 4 to. Pull the spacers out as you pour the concrete.
How to build a curved concrete retaining wall. How to pour a concrete retaining wall. Curved walls can be formed in four general ways using fixed radius manufactured walers fixed radius job built walers adjustable walers or modular form panels. Then use the marking paint and measuring tape to lay.
Mark off the area using stakes and then tie a string. Step 4 strengthen the foundation. Gradually raise the spreaders as you fill the space between the forms. Place nails marking the outside faces of your wall at least 8 feet apart down.
Measure and mark footing locations. The concrete retaining wall needs to be settled in a trench. Tug the wire up to keep the spreaders out of the concrete. Have a ladder ready so you can reach the top of the forms.
Use 12 inch 30 5 cm hardboard siding sometimes called masonite ripped down to 6 inch 15 cm strips in 16 ft 4 8 meter lengths full service lumberyards and home centers carry all this forming material. Step 1 prepare the area. Place nails at least 8 feet apart.