Laying the concrete blocks 1.
How to lay a brick concrete block wall.
Do not use mortar for this test run since you re only trying to get an idea of what you need.
Continue in this pattern for the entire wall.
Use your trowel to spread a few slabs of mortar around the corner s base of the.
How to build a block wall lay the blocks.
Set the corner block.
Lay out a course of concrete block on the dry footing.
Lay the first course of block after the poured foundation has fully cured and hardened mark an outline for the cement block wall onto the surface of the foundation using a chalk line.
Again use a corner block if they re.
Mix the appropriate mortar in a mortar box then lay a 1 inch thick layer of mortar onto the foundation inside the outline.
Spread the mortar along the corner.
Apply mortar to the side.
When you are ready for the second row of bricks lay the bricks crosswise in relation to the underlying row while at the same time staggering them so the middle of one brick is over the joint of the lower one.