I am going to build a small wall in the garden to separate the lawn from the parking area with a slight difference in height. I'm considering how to calculate how many bags of mortar I'll need. I've found some examples based on m2 walls. But for a small wall, and whether using joint or full stuffing, including mortar for top stone, etc.
If you don't have a trowel, do you use joint or full stuffing?
My wall will be built with Leca blocks 190x190x590. Length 420cm, Height 3 layers plus top stone, so it's like calculating 4 layers in practice. So in total, I'll lay 4 x 4.2m layers.
If you don't have a trowel, do you use joint or full stuffing?
My wall will be built with Leca blocks 190x190x590. Length 420cm, Height 3 layers plus top stone, so it's like calculating 4 layers in practice. So in total, I'll lay 4 x 4.2m layers.
Are you going to brick everything on the same day? And how will you mix the mortar, by hand or with a mixer?
Yes, everything on the same day. I might do the top stone afterwards.K kniv said:
I have a concrete mixer, but also access to a larger handheld mixer. It won't be extreme amounts, so it's probably easiest for me to mix with the handheld mixer 1-2 bags at a time.
I mixed 2 bags at a time in the tombola, and laid strings as well as vertical joints. Not full joints but not just strings either.. Something in between 😂 The wall was 1.8m + 2.4m, and 7 stones high. I think it took 9 bags of mortar.
Also built with eco blocks, and filled the cavities with vertical reinforcement and concrete. This makes it significantly more stable. It took 12 bags of coarse concrete to do it.
