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Steve B wrote:

Thanks for your help. I can get mustered this winter, and get it
done this spring.


See these for more info:

http://howto.millardlumber.com/blocks/concreteblock.htm

http://faculty.delhi.edu/hultendc/A2...cture-Web.html

http://www.wbdg.org/design/env_wall_masonry.php

I'm not sure what is usually done regarding filling in the cells. I
wouldn't think that it's common to fill in all the cells of all the
blocks. Some of these diagrams show rebar placed from top to bottom and
filled in with concrete - that's probably what I'd do.

I think a lot depends on if your wall is subject to lateral loading
(like a free-standing wall) with no right-angle bends in it, or if this
is soil retaining wall.