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Concrete Landscaping Projects For The Do-It-Yourselfer |
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| Making a Castle Wall Using The MaytRx® System |
A MaytRx Castle Wall is an easy way to put an impressive cap layer on a retaining wall or free standing wall. Each "Castle" can be made by splitting a MaytRx A stone and splitting a MaytRx Y stone. The two rectangular parts can be set to make a 10" x 11" x 6" Castle that has a textured face on all four sides.
 Preplanning is required. First, determine how many castles will be needed by dividing the wall length by the distance between castles, usually about 10 feet. (For example: a 150 foot long wall with a castle every 10 feet would have [150/10] 15 castles.)
The A stone and Y stone can be used to make a castle. When the A stone is split along the center split groove, one piece will be rectangular with front and back faces 6" long. The similar piece from splitting a Y stone will have front and back faces 5" long.
 Setting the two smooth sides together will make a castle that is 10" deep and 11" wide. Glue these stones with paver grade adhesive to the stones they sit on. Then glue a Cap stone on top of these two (Castle) stones with a half inch overhang on all four sides placing the textured faces of the Cap stone to the front and back. The other parts of the A and Y stones can be used in the body of your retaining wall or freestanding wall project. This castle will have a 1/2 inch overhang on all four sides. Another way to made the castle is to split a single B stone and put the smooth sides together. When a split B stone is used to make the castle, there is a 2" overhang on the wall sides of the castle as shown to the right. |
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