Landscape Blocks

Landscaping blocks are used for borders, walkways, retaining walls as well as other decorative projects. VanderWall Brothers offer 4 different colors of West Michigan Stack Stone: Red, Brown, Black and Natural. There are many advantages to using landscaping block.

  • It's very attractive, even timeless in most cases
  • Affordable
  • Installation is a very simple and easy process
  • It's maintenance free

Examples:

Black Natural Brown
Black Natural Brown
Red Red  

Stack Stone

Stack Stone is an attractive affordable option for a wide variety of landscaping projects. The natural stone split face appearance is ideally suited for retaining walls, flower planters, garden edging, and tree rings.

Stack Stone is supplied in manageable 20 lb. units assuring easy contruction of your landscape project. Once the first course is installed and level, the rest is simple. Installation requires no mortar, footins or interlocking pins.

Stack Stone is available in a variety of colors to either blend into or accent existing landscape designs. The high density, frost resistan concrete is available in either straight or wedged units which give you ultimate design flexibility. Create straight walls, broad curves or achieve convex curves as small as 3.5" in radius.

 

Do It Yourself

Preparation

Before you begin, prepare a layout plan for your Stack Stone project. Be sure to consider existing landcape, soil conditions and local building codes. Before you begin excavation you should contact local utility companies to locate any buried cables.

You will require the following equipment for your Stack Stone project:

  • Stack Stone
  • Standar carpenter's level
  • Shovel
  • String line
  • Tape measure
  • Hand tamper
  • Landscaping fabric

Step 1:

Base preparation will depend on the size and type of wall you have planned. If the project involves more than three courses, the base course of Stack Stone will need to be buried below grade. Dig a trench of the requird depth and 11" in width. Compact the base and use a standard carpenters's level to ensure that teh top of your base is level throughout.

Step 2:

Position Stack Stone units side by side and level with a carpenter's level in both directions. Use a string line to verify that the wall is straight. A landscaping fabric placed behind the Stack Stone units will prevent infiltration of soil particles.

Curved Walls:

Curved walls can be achieved by using wedged units. Adjust the base row of Stack Stone to produce the desired radius.

Step 3:

Once the base course is installed and level, the rest is easy. Simply lay the next row of Stack Stone units on top of the previous row, pulling each unit forward until secure. You must stagger joints from layer to layer and will need to cut units periodically in order to maintain a staggered appearance.

Creating a 90º corner

To creat a 90º corner, knock off the back lip of one unit and split the unit in half. Place the partial unit perpendicular to the last unit laid then continue building as normal.

Creating 90 degree corner with Stack Stone

Dimensions

Stack Stone Dimensions

Material Requirements:

Height

Length of Wall
5' 10' 15' 20' 25' 30'
4 1/2" - 1 Course 8 15 23 30 38 45
9"-2 Courses 16 30 46 60 76 90
13 1/2" - 3 Courses 24 45 69 90 114 135
18"-4 Courses 32 60 92 120 152 180
22 1/2 " - 5 Courses 40 75 115 150 1920 225
27" -6 Courses 48 90 135 180 228 270
31 1/2" - 7 Courses 56 105 161 210 266 315

36" - 8 Courses

 64 120 184 240 304 360
40 1/2" -9 Courses 72 135 207 270 342 405


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