If you don’t have the right soil type, you may need to remove expansive clay or large ... your retaining wall from buckling under pressure—this is especially true for concrete cinder blocks.

Two of the most popular solutions for retaining-walls are railroad ties or concrete blocks. I believe that blocks are a better choice ... If your retaining wall is at the bottom of a large hill, or is ...

In requiring less material, DYNAMax offers new design opportunities, enabling thinner cross-sections for columns, walls, and slabs, as well as substantially longer spans and longer column grids.

Porous blocks have a large degree of open or closed internal pores that provide a thermal barrier. Dimensional parameters for concrete blocks and cement blocks include length, width or outer diameter ...

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If you want a low-maintenance front yard, McLaughlin recommends being mindful of the plants in your garden. Annuals require a ...

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Rich Kubica, owner of K-Wall Poured Walls, LLC has spent his entire life in the concrete foundation and ... for the builder–prep the slab, pour the retaining walls and set the MonoKast walls.” ...

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A teenage labourer at a skip hire firm died after machinery hit a wall causing a concrete block to fall on him, an inquest has heard. Oliver Thomas Nield, 17, died at the scene following a ...

Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. His weekly column for the editorial page, “Free Expression,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. Mr. Baker is also host ...