One of the most common and telling failures of retaining walls is the inevitable tilting cracking and bowing of brick timber and concrete block retaining walls built by homeowners well meaning builders and landscapers.
Pouring concrete walls before and after.
Available from diy stores and ready mix concrete companies these contain soluble emulsions that form a protective film when sprayed directly onto the surface of newly poured concrete slabs or walls.
It is common practice to pour walls the day after the footings are poured but you re not likely to find a reference that says either you can or can t do this.
Once cured the concrete provides a secure and stable foundation for the home that will be built above.
Poured concrete foundations are an alternative to block or treated wood foundations.
The process involves building a form to hold the concrete in place installing reinforcing rods and then pouring the concrete.
To do this you ll need to drive stakes into the ground where you dug the footings.
Before you can start pouring the retaining wall you ll need to build the forms.