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Cut and Secure Retaining Wall Capstones

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Wall FAILURE about to hit house-Plus we pull a mean one! START to FINISH 4 k Wall build

What happens here

For the top course, custom capstones are cut from larger concrete blocks using a DeWalt 9-inch battery-powered concrete saw. The saw is used without water in this instance for quick, dry cuts. The cut capstones are then carefully placed on top of the retaining wall blocks. A worker uses adhesive to secure the capstones to the final course of blocks. The capstones are then adjusted for level and appearance.

Goal: Install precisely cut and securely adhered capstones for a finished look.

Tools and materials

  • Adhesive Gun — Applying adhesive to secure capstones
  • Retaining Wall Capstones — Finishing the top of the wall
  • Construction Adhesive — Securing capstones to the top course

What they say

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and you're gonna see that in just a minute and we are using small buckets on purpose because this is a detail work we don't want a giant bucket mounted dirt come sliding out and come crashing into the back of this retaining lock we only want to get a certain amount of dirt back there get it place graded and then come back again and add a little bit this is not one of those mass moving operations this is more finesse just trying to get it exactly right without wrecking anything [Music] to save some money we're trying to eliminate the need of wrapping a retaining wall around the slope but to do that we've got to create a grade going down and so right at the end of this wall where we have it step down we're gonna end up adding just a little bit more wall than we planned [Applause] with a piece in my hand good shot as I walk to the water for a last goodbye he begs my mind makes right so he said when he healed on the keys or over our head I live in that grip and now he'll learn at the end with the tables turn forgive me pygmy [Music] [Applause] [Music] the grades done it's time to cap the wall so we ended up buying a brand new chop saw just a couple months ago just a monster piece for projects like this but this is what the guys still use this little Dewalt 9 inch battery-powered concrete saw you can hook water up to it I don't know why they don't have it hooked up right now I think it was just because they were making a quick cut but that's also why they like this sauce because it's just so handy for little quick things that always fires up I don't make any money if you guys buy this I don't care if you go out and buy it or not but this thing is way better than I would have ever given it credit for when I first seen it I thought it was a joke first time I ever seen a saw like this I'm like give this to my grandson as a toy take the blade out and give it to him but this thing is turned out to be the biggest surprise yeah

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