I would like to use this stone to build a six foot high privacy wall behind my garage at the property line. Would this be possible if I dig a trench below the frost line, pour some gravel, and then pour a concrete base with rebar reinforcement? Mortar between the blocks. If not I am open to suggestions. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Nantucke...x-4-in-Granite-Gray-Edger-Kit-21008/205187771
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Privacy wall behind garage?
- Thread starter HotRodMan
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starquestMM
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Six foot is pretty tall for stone, lot of weight in the air. You might want to talk to an engineer. The base will probably need to be a lot wider that you are thinking.
DC73
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I would like to use this stone to build a six foot high privacy wall behind my garage at the property line. Would this be possible if I dig a trench below the frost line, pour some gravel, and then pour a concrete base with rebar reinforcement? Mortar between the blocks. If not I am open to suggestions. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Nantucke...x-4-in-Granite-Gray-Edger-Kit-21008/205187771
I've seen brick fences at least 6' high so I'm sure it could be done. Some I've seen are wavy like alternating arcs supposedly for strength and particularly wind resistance. Most of the straight brick fences I've seen have brick columns about every 8' or so. You could always install a cinder block fence and then use your stone to hide the ugly blocks. You might Google brick fences and see what pops up.
Good luck.
DC
Cyberbear
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Years ago I had a 6' x 55' block wall put up using 8 x 8" cinder block. I had them make wider and deeper footings, double the rebar in the footings, four horizontal bars and vertical bar every other core, then had all cores filled with concrete, not mortar.
This might sound like over kill, but living in Calif. it didn't crack like everything else during the last major quake. We don't worry about the frost line out here. My wall also supported one end of a 15' lean-to roof.
This might sound like over kill, but living in Calif. it didn't crack like everything else during the last major quake. We don't worry about the frost line out here. My wall also supported one end of a 15' lean-to roof.
Lippyp
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Generally at that height you'll need to figure in buttresses (pillars) every 8/10 feet. Talk to a decent mason or structural engineer to get the right advice. A six foot brick wall is always gonna be a 9" wall so two skins of brick, a single thickness just isn't strong enough. If you want to use that stone its going to get expensive very quickly.
Using standard house bricks for a 2m x 6m (approx 6' x 20') double skinned wall you're looking at 1728 bricks allowing for some wastage cutting them etc, that doesn't include the extra bricks you'll need for the pillars so you're looking at over 2000 bricks I'd say.
Using standard house bricks for a 2m x 6m (approx 6' x 20') double skinned wall you're looking at 1728 bricks allowing for some wastage cutting them etc, that doesn't include the extra bricks you'll need for the pillars so you're looking at over 2000 bricks I'd say.
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rburke65
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No engineer here but I don't think your wall will "fly". Not based on any formula....just life experience. Good luck.
blacksporty
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I would go with a cinderblock wall and then face if with a stone veneer.
8man
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Depends on the soils you have. You may need more of a footer based on soils and weight. Check with a local builder to see what they would recommend.
A wall that high needs a regular footer .... Is holding back any soil?
My walls are regular size footers with 12" block up until just below the soil line and then 6" tall of 8". It is all rebar and filled w/concrete. We then toped with a solid block and stucco ... sone faced would have been more.
The ones holding back 2' of soil are 12" block up to the higher soil line.
We can't build walls the same way as before -- I needed a structural engineer.
My walls are regular size footers with 12" block up until just below the soil line and then 6" tall of 8". It is all rebar and filled w/concrete. We then toped with a solid block and stucco ... sone faced would have been more.
The ones holding back 2' of soil are 12" block up to the higher soil line.
We can't build walls the same way as before -- I needed a structural engineer.