Garage Build #20 - Laying the First Course of Block

This video shows how to lay the first course of CMU block onto a concrete slab floor. This first layer is our bond beam blocks that will be filled with concrete and rebar for superior strength. Some tips on how to keep your joints uniform and your block set up for man doors also will be shown.

[@OptimusBananas]

This is a long time in the making I an thinking of doing about the same but opposite dimensions

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Nice!

[@Doomzdayxx]

Thanks for the video. Question, I'm in Ohio where the frost line is 32 inches below grade. If I were to build a block workshed (probably 14ft x 14ft), would my trench and footer need to be 32 inches deep, and 16 inches wide around the perimeter?

[@appalachiandiy2415]

All depends. If its a shed you may be able to do just do slab on grade. If you want it to last longer, yes, put your footer at least down to the frost line. If you plan on getting a building permit your local township will tell you how deep it needs to be

[@andon8435]

Great stuff! can I contact you with questions on sight prep?

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Sure, [e-mail]

Why didn't you show how you put the mortar in the vertical gap?

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Just "butter" the ends. So when you place them together there is mortar in the vertical joint

[@jamietwigg5152]

Pour through/ knock out bond beams for first course, did you drill rebar in and knock the bond beams out add steel and pour?

[@appalachiandiy2415]

We wet set some of the rebar. For the others, we drilled and epoxied them in

What would be the first block type to lay coming off in existing wall or foundation?

[@appalachiandiy2415]

What do you mean by first type?

@appalachiandiy2415 Sorry if I'm not wording the question correctly. The end of the Block touching the house foundation has me concerned. Is it a corner block or the block with the two butterable tips on it? Some have just one butter slit in the middle too.

[@maamicogondwe6789]

I would like to know the size of that block plz coz it's very nice

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Its 8" wide block

[@peterlawrence738]

No moisture barrier between concrete and block?

[@appalachiandiy2415]

No you want the block to adhear to the slab

[@LoLoNationalForest]

No vertical rebar on your first course... Is it because you're on a slab? Trying to learn for when I start my project

[@appalachiandiy2415]

I did it in the next video