Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Apr 21, 2011 1:30 pm All I know is that it has to be a "free draining material". Some sort of small rocks. So, roadbase? Blue metal? Crushed something (aggregate, roadbase, hmmm ... what else is there ), something else? Thanks! My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: What is used to core fill dry block walls? 2Apr 21, 2011 1:39 pm Lex All I know is that it has to be a "free draining material". Some sort of small rocks. So, roadbase? Blue metal? Crushed something (aggregate, roadbase, hmmm ... what else is there ), something else? Thanks! Crushed rock in ours Re: What is used to core fill dry block walls? 3Apr 21, 2011 5:22 pm Free draining material is normally a single sized gravel, say bigger than 10mm stone size. Road base is not free draining due to its range of sizes allowing it to settle into a fairly solid mass. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: What is used to core fill dry block walls? 4Apr 21, 2011 6:27 pm quarter minus or 7mm bluemetal as per manufacturers recom. Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com Re: What is used to core fill dry block walls? 6Apr 21, 2011 8:42 pm quarter minus is 7mm bluemetal the fill should be non expansive so anything with fines in it ie: dust, dirt etc will be expansive ie: it expands and contracts with moisture etc Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com Re: What is used to core fill dry block walls? 8Apr 21, 2011 8:49 pm it would be recycled concrete not recycled aggregate (in melb anyway) and no it wont be suitable you would also get salt leeching out of the recycled concrete there should only be pure peices of stone no dust etc. At a maximum use 14mm bluemetal but 7mm is better, more volume per sq inch Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 15204 Hello all, I am thinking of getting my flooring replaced with Hybrid flooring. I visited some shops(only reputed ones, for better service and warranty). So far i liked… 0 2457 It's possible but a soak well is usually much larger. Your 'soak well' only holds 424 litres when full. What is your soil type? Soak wells need sandy soils. 10 8950 |