Split Face Concrete Block Retaining Wall With Motor

Since the mid 1990s especially during the building boom of the early to mid 2000 s there were many new condominium buildings constructed in the chicago area.

Split face concrete block retaining wall with motor.

Add a decorative touch to your construction project with this split face block. Split face blocks are a highly flexible product that suits residential and commercial buildings and landscape retaining walls. Stonewall select is engineered to be the easiest quickest wall to install. How to build a block wall without mortar.

The rough surface adds dimension while discouraging graffiti when used for masonry walls. Since all unnecessary weight has been removed each stonewall select unit weighs up to 43 lessthan other concrete retaining wall blocks. Split face block prices per block cmu. One aspect of the property s green designation comes from the use of split face concrete masonry units cmus.

Concrete masonry provides a cost effective answer to a variety of essential building needs including structure fire separation architectural finish sound control and low. Many of these condominium buildings utilized a newer exterior masonry product that is commonly called split faced concrete block. The price for standard units is about 3 each. Best block manufactures the highest quality line of architectural and standard block as well as segmental retaining walls on the market.

What is split faced block and why was it used. Split face split face block provides an attractive alternative to standard precision block. Concrete block with split face has one smooth face and one fractured face. If you use our split face concrete block in the construction of non load bearing walls the blocks will comply with the astm c129 standard.

No mortar is needed and no special expertise is required. Often referred to as a concrete masonry unit or cmu a standard split face cinder block is 8 by 8 by 16 inches made of concrete and features a textured pattern on only one side. Offering products in a wide array of shapes sizes colors textures and finishes. So it can easily be lifted carried and set in place by just one person.

This video shows you how to build a dry stack concrete block wall without mortar using quikrete quikwall surface. This block is available in two different colors to fit with the design scheme of your project. Whether internal or external load bearing or non loadbearing split face blocks of different sizes from 90mm to 190m are available. It has a broken rock face appearance with a rough and rugged texture revealing the natural aggregates used in its manufacture.