How do you guys keep your walls perfectly straight?

[cards1]

I have done roughly 30 walls to date and i'm still looking for an easier method to this problem.
Scenario is your building a wall a 100' long. How do you guys keep that wall perfectly straight?(Keystone and versa-lok)

We use the twine method which works great but it can be a pain dealing with the line in your way everytime you set a block, plus it takes alittle longer!

[Marcos]

Originally Posted by cards1

How do you guys keep that wall perfectly straight?

Hmmm...
Never heard of a gay wall.

[cards1]

Originally Posted by Marcos

Hmmm...
Never heard of a gay wall.

Sorry Marcos i owe you an apology i didn't mean to peek your interest on the whole "gay" vision i gave you but this is a landscaping website not the guy on guy website you have bookmarked!

[richallseasons]

I think that what you are doing is it, string line every time. What else can you do?

[mikeny]

I use a large framing square as well as a string line, drop the square over the top as long as that is level you get the true 90 degree for a straight face.

[CertPro]

When I install walls, I get my base stone perfect, then I screed 1" of sand, then I snap a chalk line in the sand and follow that.

[DVS Hardscaper]

Originally Posted by cards1

How do you guys keep that wall perfectly straight?

I usually try to make sure that we don't put any dresses, high heels, or make up on them.

[Bru75]

Stringline for short walls, single dot laser and a builders square for the long ones. I have a line laser that I thought would work for this, but it turned out to be to hard to see in sunlight.

[steve5966]

Use a 4' level or straight board. After you get a few blocks in just slide it along the back of the blocks or keep using the string. Either way works good.

[zedosix]

We pull a string for long runs then follow it with a chalk line every 20 feet or so. If you use string, make sure you leave a small gap between the string and the block. If your blocks touch the string it just moves out and you end up with a crooked wall. For brick, screed sand, for walls, screed stone dust.