How To Cut Block Wall. Run the rag lightly over the cut halves of the cinder block to clean them up. We walk you through he steps for properly cutting retaining wall blocks.
Cut the studs, top plate and bottom plate to the dimensions of the half wall.
They had a lip on the back that is meant to grab the back of the block below it and keep it from sliding forward. How to build an interlocking retaining wall. Score across the face of the block with a power saw, cutting a line about 1/4 inch deep. Some such blocks are made with flanges that slip over the rear edge of the preceding course;