Somewhere (either in a landscaping book or in one of the manufacturers'
brochures) I read a recommendation to install the first course with the
lip facing up anyway.

Perce


On 07/31/05 10:38 am The Tilton Family tossed the following ingredients
into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

I purchased two pallets of castlewall blocks to build a two foot high
retaining wall to replace a railroad tie wall that had gotten rotted and
ugly. I then found that removing the ties was a major problem and was
wondering if I could successfully build the wall just in front of the ties,
which would require the base course be on the concrete driveway. That would
entail chiseling the lips off that base course. Has anyone had any
experience in laying these blocks on a concrete base rather than sand?