Hello,
We have built a 10 cm thick brick wall in the garden. One side of the wall rests against a styrofoam board (and behind the styrofoam board is compact soil) that extends 10 cm above the wall. The other side of the wall is covered with soil that also extends 10 cm above the wall.
From the short side, it looks like a U where the bottom of the U represents the top edge of the brick wall, the left side of the U is the styrofoam board, and the right side of the U is densely packed soil.
The wall is a total of 8 m long and slopes approximately 15 degrees to the west.
We are now planning to pour cement into the trench, i.e., into the U, but before that we wonder the following:
How do we prevent all the cement from sliding down to the lowest point of the wall?
Best regards
We have built a 10 cm thick brick wall in the garden. One side of the wall rests against a styrofoam board (and behind the styrofoam board is compact soil) that extends 10 cm above the wall. The other side of the wall is covered with soil that also extends 10 cm above the wall.
From the short side, it looks like a U where the bottom of the U represents the top edge of the brick wall, the left side of the U is the styrofoam board, and the right side of the U is densely packed soil.
The wall is a total of 8 m long and slopes approximately 15 degrees to the west.
We are now planning to pour cement into the trench, i.e., into the U, but before that we wonder the following:
How do we prevent all the cement from sliding down to the lowest point of the wall?
Best regards
Have now found ready-mix concrete in powder form. First, you wet the base, then you spread the powder, and then water it gently. Apparently, it can be done in layers. The concrete sets after just 5-10 minutes and is fully cured after 24 hours. Should work, right?
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Was there a program on TV recently, Grand Designs I believe, where they cast a concrete roof with surely a 35-degree angle in Spain. Heat certainly helps.
Quick-setting concrete could be an alternative, sets in 30 minutes, but it is expensive.
Quick-setting concrete could be an alternative, sets in 30 minutes, but it is expensive.