Hi All! I’m looking to build a 3’ cinderblock wall around perimeter of my front yard and add concrete cast “antique bricks” stained to match the old brick on my 1918 home. My goal is to have a nice, sturdy, little fence that will match my home and have basically no maintenance for years to come. I live on a corner city lot so I have a issue with people cutting thru my yard (that I’m trying to go all native plants on for my bees and butterflies), walking their dogs in it, and trash blowing into so I’m really looking forward to putting this in come springtime to protect my plants and space.
The question I’m running into is, from what I can tell, you need to go double the width of the block for a footing (so 16”) but also well below the frost line which in my area of Virginia is about 24”. Does this seem a little much? The footing will almost be as deep as the wall is tall! My backup would be to build something with goat wire or similar and cover it with plants but I don’t think it would look as nice or be as sturdy.
Anyone with experience have any advice for me?