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WALL PREP & BLOCK REPAIRS

WHAT YOUR LOOKING AT HERE IS AN EXISTING BLOCK WALL THAT FASTGLASS OF DANA POINT WAS HIRED FOR THE DEMOLITION OF OLD WOOD FENCE AND REPAIRS NEEDED TO INSTALL A GLASS FENCE IN IT'S PLACE.

THE HOMEOWNER HAD A GOOD SINCE ABOUT THE EXISTING STRENGTH TO THE 30 YEAR OLD SOLID FILLED BLOCK WALL. EVEN THOUGH THE POST AREAS HAD ISSUES, THE WALL WAS IN GOOD SHAPE AND JUST NEEDED SOME TLC.

THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION IN REGARDS TO BLOCK REPAIR I FREELY GIVE OUT. THE REASON I GIVE AWAY GOOD TRADE SECRETS LIKE THESE ABOUT REPAIR IS ONLY BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR GUY FIX IT FOR ME. I ALWAYS FIND THAT IF I WANT IT DONE RIGHT IT'S LIKE I JUST GOT TO DO IT MYSELF. SO HAVE A LOOK AT TWO COMMON BLOCK FAILURES THE "SIDE AVALANCHE" SEEN HERE AND THE "CORNER BLOW OUT" AND SOME METHODS USED TO COMPLETE IT THE FASTEST AND PROBABLY THE STRONGEST BECAUSE THE VIBRATION OF CLEARING AWAY WHOLE BLOCKS TO MAKE AREA STRONGER ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.

FOR THIS SIDE REPAIR WE JUST BUTTERED UP THE PIECES OF BLOCK THAT HAD FALLEN AWAY WITH STANDARD MORTAR CEMENT. TO DO THAT YOU FIRST WET THE BLOCK AND THE WHOLE AREA WITH CLEAN WATER. THAN TRY TO USE THE MORTAR AS GLUE TO PUT THE BLOCK BACK IN IT'S PLACE.

 NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE AREA IN THE CENTER OF THE BLOCK BECAUSE THE IDEA IS TO LEAVE AN AREA WHERE THE VOID IS BECAUSE WE THAN WILL USE POUR STONE LIKE CEMENT TO FULLY BOND WHOLE AREA AS SEEN BELOW