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How to Install Landscape Blocks
How to Install Landscape Blocks. How to Install Landscape Blocks. Landscape blocks offer an opportunity to create stylish walls and paths on your property. These blocks come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors to meet the needs of any property owner. You need to know how to select and install the appropriate landscape blocks for your need...
How to Install Landscape Blocks. Landscape blocks offer an opportunity to create stylish walls and paths on your property. These blocks come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors to meet the needs of any property owner. You need to know how to select and install the appropriate landscape blocks for your need before you make a major investment of time and money.
Things You'll Need
Shovel
Wheelbarrow
Gravel
Mortar
Hand packer
Check the square footage of the area where you want to install landscape blocks to get the correct number of blocks. The expense of natural landscape blocks and the weight of dozens of blocks makes an accurate assessment imperative.
Dig out a small area approximately the width of a landscape block for your first layer of blocks. You should remove about three inches of soil from the base area of your project to give stacked blocks a solid foundation.
Place about an inch of gravel in the excavated area before you install your first landscape blocks. This gravel protects the soil from excessive moisture and keep the blocks from sinking in softer soils.
Insert a drain pipe underneath the area where you will install landscape blocks. You can run a small piece of plastic tubing surrounded by gravel that will help funnel water away from a retaining wall.
Fill empty spaces in stacked landscape blocks with excess gravel to prevent water damage. You should keep blocks as close as possible, place gravel in small cracks and apply mortar if you are concerned about structural integrity.
Keep aesthetics in mind for both yourself and your neighbors when you build a retaining wall on your property. You should stack blocks a maximum of 4 feet high for retaining walls to avoid a visual nuisance visible from your neighbor's property.
Align your landscape blocks in a staggered pattern to ensure coverage of your landscaped area. You can stagger landscape blocks after you complete the first layer to decrease the number of blocks you need to purchase.
Pack the soil directly beneath your landscape blocks to ensure the stability of your new addition. You can rent a hand packer from your local construction supply company and solidify the soil for a better building surface.
Tips & Warnings
Plan your use of landscape blocks to utilize pre-existing structures and natural forms. You may be able to use a steep grade on your property to stack blocks on a diagonal as a creative retaining wall.
Avoid back pain from carrying landscape blocks by utilizing a wheelbarrow.
