Carved Concrete Retainer Walls

WarriorWithWood

Same thing pretty much every mason I know does I'm sure....plow snow and drink beer.

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willworkforbeer

Trying to imagine the logistics of different colored concrete on one pour.

CJKarl

Do something like this, then color it.
http://www.greenstreak.com/Div3/Form...bdivisionID=23

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jgray152

Havn't tried form liners but I can imagine the additional cost would be great. Form liners is something I would like to get into though. Thanks for bringing that up

joasis

Great looking work!

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jgray152

Awesome pictures thank you! That wall looks good for sure. A wall that higher is hard to do with my process. You basically need to make a cold joint because you would have to do it in 2-3 layers in order to carve the concrete. I suppose, if you had enough people, you could do it in one pour but yikes that would be hard.

They must have used form liners for that wall. Form liners look great, especially when everything is colored. Once I start to get more contracts and get more money I may invest in form liners. I don't even know how they really go together since I have never seen them in person.

nEighter

yeah they had forms to do that. I remember seeing them staining those thinking... WOW that looks real!?!

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jgray152

I see lots of walls that were built with form liners but the concrete is never stained. Its very rare I see concrete walls that are stained. It changes everything.

jgray152

Well I don't plow. I usually try to make as much as I can to sustain me through the winter. If I don't than I find a full time job some where for the winter. I am not as big as I would like to be yet, my company is still new so I know it will get better with time.