For cinder-block walls (and brick walls too), choose QUIKRETE® Mason Mix Type S. Forgiving to those who are not experts in masonry projects, the QUIKRETE® preblended mix remains workable for a ...

Block foundations use cinder blocks (8 x 8 x 16 inches) that are stacked on each other and cemented in place with mortar, forming cinder block walls. The process starts on the top of the footings ...

Cinder-block walls are the foundation of choice in new construction, but rehabbers might find a need for such a wall in an addition, in rebuilding a failed masonry wall, or in walling in an urban ...

Vertical reinforcing steel is also very important. This steel can be put in both a poured concrete foundation and a concrete block wall that will have the hollow voids filled with cement grout or ...

One way is to face the concrete block opening with treated 2-by-10 material. This lumber should be within 1/8 inch of what the width of the concrete block wall is now when you add the thickness of ...

A concrete block retaining wall comprises Concrete Masonry Units (CMUs) — blocks made of concrete. In a retaining wall, these blocks are stacked together in several courses, and capped off with ...

I live in a very common home here in Florida. Most are built from concrete block. Twenty years ago, a room was added to the home and the rear exterior concrete block wall became an interior wall.

Engineers and builders are beginning to leverage a strategy that brings in specialty expertise early, speeds up delivery and ...