How To Cut Concrete Wall Caps

In this video we take you through the steps of how to build a wall and pour in place concrete caps.

How to cut concrete wall caps.

Use the hammer and chisel to score or cut a groove into the block or paver on all sides. Wall caps are available to finish the top of the wall panels for straight or curved sections. Pour water on the wall cap then follow the line. Similar to a wet tile saw masonry saws make very clean straight cuts that will give a nice finishing touch to your wall.

Adhesive to glue the caps onto the wall. Retaining wall blocks can be cut using a masonry chisel and mallet but for the topper stones you may want to spring for a diamond blade masonry saw. So make sure no one is standing close to the brick saw. Secure the wall caps in place with a bead of flexible concrete adhesive along both sides of the raised rings and along the side of each wall cap.

Strike the chisel on the score line until the material splits. Build a radius wall and build your own concrete caps with. Hold the wall cap in place and follow the line under the blade without turning the brick saw on. When finishing for straight section alternate the direction of the wall cap.

For a larger project or more accurate cuts a circular saw with a concrete blade is a good option. We provide step by step instructions for capping a small concrete block retaining wall. Mark the cut and clamp the stone or paver to a stable work surface. Cut the other wall cap using the same method from step 6.

Step by step instructions for capping a curved concrete block wall using double sided caps. Wall caps straight walls. Even with a straight border you ll likely need to make a few cuts along the way. Obviously the process to cut stone caps for my landscape border would be much easier if i chose to do a straight line.

How to cut stone caps. Cutting wall caps is dangerous as rubble or small debris may fly off.