ᐅ Barbecue Area Walls Height Difference

Created on: 12 Jun 2020 15:36
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Haribobo
Hello everyone.
I have started building a wall for our grill area.
The problem is that there is a height difference of about 10cm (4 inches) between the two ends of the planned wall.
The slope was adjusted to the terrace, which is why this height difference occurs.
What is the best way to handle this?
I can hardly put a 10cm (4 inches) thick layer of mortar under the sand-lime brick.

Thank you very much for your advice.
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Haribobo
16 Jun 2020 20:46
Thank you for your detailed instructions. What do you mean by the pressure alone will not hold them? Is the reinforcement steel necessary? How is the steel supposed to bond with the bricks?
I have a cavity wall barrier.
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Steven
16 Jun 2020 21:04
Haribobo schrieb:

What do you mean by saying that pressure alone won’t hold it?
How is the steel supposed to bond with the bricks?

Hello Haribobo

By pressure, I mean the weight. The wall rests on the ground. It is not connected to the concrete slab. If you anchor reinforcing steel into the ground and let the steel extend into the hollow spaces of the bricks, the concrete around the steel will connect the wall to the ground. It’s actually quite simple, just hard to visualize.

Steven
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Steven
16 Jun 2020 21:08
Hello

sorry, I was just thinking about formwork blocks. You are using calcium silicate blocks. Steel reinforcement doesn't work with those.
Are you using 17.5 cm (7 inches) blocks? That seems too fragile to me. The wall could topple.

Steven
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Steven
16 Jun 2020 21:09
Hello

Possibly use threaded anchors in the ground and fill the holes in the calcium silicate bricks with fluid concrete.

Steven
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Haribobo
16 Jun 2020 21:11
Now I understand what you mean.
A free-standing wall is not as stable as a wall that is supported somewhere.
Can I pour some concrete into the cavities of the blocks to bond the steel with the blocks?
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Haribobo
16 Jun 2020 21:15
Steven schrieb:

Hello

sorry, I was just thinking about shuttering blocks. You are using sand-lime bricks. That won’t work with steel reinforcement.
Are your bricks 17.5 cm (7 inches) thick? That seems too fragile to me. The wall might topple.

Steven
Do you really think it could topple? ^^
It’s going to be built as a rectangle, and a small concrete slab will be cast on top (as a worktop).