I am pretty sure that rebar and concrete fill was also required at set distances along the wall length.
How to build a dry stack concrete block wall.
Begin by clearing the building zone and digging a trench around the planned structure s perimeter.
It s called drystack block and it can be laid up as easily as the plastic toy blocks in a lego set.
Once the first course is set dry stack the remaining block in a running bond pattern to the desired height all corners should use an interlocking pattern.
Before applying the surface bonding cement dampen the surface of the block.
Then blocks are stacked to build the walls all with no mortar dry stack.
Throughout the block stacking phase and at the completion check that the wall has remained level.
High regular blocks are an inexact 3 8 in.
The type of wall dry stacked cement block you have described is i believe stacked then coated with a fiber re inforced parge coat on both sides.
Remember to stack the blocks so that the vertical joints stager.
Step 7 thoroughly dampen the block wall with water dry block will draw the water from the mix making it difficult to finish and can cause inconsistent color and cracking especially in.
The first row on the foundation is set in mortar and very accurately leveled but with no mortar between the blocks.
Since blocks can vary slightly you may need an ocassional shim cut from aluminum flashing.
Less in each direction to allow for the mortar joint.
Some dry stack systems use interlocking blocks that are easily assembled horizontally in an offset method.
Dry stack blocks look very much like ordinary concrete blocks but they are consistently a full 16 in.
Long and 8 in.
With some dry stack methods conventional concrete blocks are simply stacked and then locked into place by a coating of fiber reinforced surface bonding concrete sbc that is applied to both the inside and outside of the walls.
What is a dry stack block.
This is what ties the whole stack of blocks together.
A dry stacked stem wall without using any mortar or cement should be no taller than 9 feet 2 7 m and can support a small shed or similar light structure.