This project consists of 2 rammed earth walls that total 100′ in length. Chris and Melissa wanted to have a sound wall to shield them from the road and also to have the aesthetic beauty of rammed earth to do so. They are planning to have a gate in between the walls in the near future.
It turned out to be a great project, we worked with great people, the walls look fantastic and everyone is happy!

We start at the footing in between 2 existing stone walls.

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Neal is using a spacer to place a board that will backstop the plywood for our formwork.

The forms are starting to take shape.

Placing sheets of plywood.

Setting up the tarps to provide shade.

The hoses are hooked into our tampers and we are ready to go.

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Mixing is under way.

It’s a big wall so this is part B to keep the size of the post to a reasonable amount.

Neal Shoveling.

Tamping inside the forms.

More shoveling by Peter.

More tamping, it’s a tight fit for sure! That’s Mona working inside there.

Even more shovelling!

Even more tamping! So I think you get the general idea…there was a lot of shovelling and tamping, it’s a big wall.

Zoltan tamping.

Chris tamping away.

Pouring the cap. We use a liquid rammed earth cement mixture for the cap.

Removing the forms

The slightly different shades of rammed earth wall layers are fantastic on this wall.

Using stone to cap the rammed earth wall turned out to be a great choice. A nice contrast to the wall and it ties the stone pillars together.