Control joint detail for a limestone block retaining wall
Control joint detail for a limestone block retaining wall
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Could someone show me a typical detail for control joints for a long gravity limestone block retaining wall?. The wall is three-block height, The first layer above ground has 3 blocks, second layer 2 and the last layer 1. The front face of the wall is vertical.





RE: Control joint detail for a limestone block retaining wall
RE: Control joint detail for a limestone block retaining wall
I have been thinking more about this, and wonder if such a joint would just be a mortar-filled joint through the wall with sealant provided in the gap along the expose face lines. This will create a line of weakness through the wall for cracking to occur and is easy to build (as compared with having a compressible filler placed in a through joint) since any compressive filler will have to shape like the wall which has three different thicknesses over its depth).
RE: Control joint detail for a limestone block retaining wall
RE: Control joint detail for a limestone block retaining wall
RE: Control joint detail for a limestone block retaining wall
http://www.jaffalimestone.com.au/guides
RE: Control joint detail for a limestone block retaining wall