Revetement Recycled Broken Concrete Retain Wall
Construction was the same as a bookleaf dry stone wall with the roughly broken 300 x 600mm 1ft x 2ft concrete slabs laid stretcher bond style and the smooth sawn pieces from our neighbour forming the base course where their textural difference would be less noticeable.
Revetement recycled broken concrete retain wall. Homeowners with concrete blocks have a couple of different recycling options to choose from. After the concrete is broken up it is usually run through a secondary impactor and is then screened to remove dirt and particles and to separate the large and small aggregate. Concrete is recycled by using industrial crushing equipment with jaws and large impactors. Different ways to use recycled concrete.
How concrete is recycled. This adaptive reuse also kept the concrete out of the landfill. May 2 2019 explore ava stanfield s board broken brick ideas followed by 279 people on pinterest. You may think of broken concrete as nothing but an eyesore but it works well for certain projects.
We break the pieces into square foot blocks. It s durable and heavy like natural stone reusing this product in garden and landscape design takes it out of the waste stream it s. How to use broken concrete in landscaping. Feb 19 2017 explore chris dague s board hardscaping with recycled concrete on pinterest.
Reusing broken concrete keeps the material out of the. Much of this material can. I was struck by this large dry stack retaining wall made from old chunks of broken up concrete. See more ideas about recycled concrete broken concrete hardscape.
See more ideas about hardscape backyard landscaping backyard. The marketing term for old chunks of broken up concrete is urbanite. We do a lot of broken concrete retaining walls and they work very well. I salvaged a couple tons of broken concrete to reuse in the construction of a retaining wall.
Old concrete blocks which include cinder blocks and pavers can be crushed and the material can be used for filler in portland cement. Construction and demolition projects can create large quantities of waste building materials which often end up in the landfill.