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Trow and Holden Offset Hand Set

Trow and Holden's carbide-tipped Offset Hand Set is perfect when you need more strength for harder stones.

How To Best Maintain Your Trow and Holden Chisels

Randy explains why it is important to maintain your carbide chisels and offers some tips on how to do it the right way

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Getting Started With Pneumatic Tools

How to Build Stairs in a Retaining Wall

Whether built directly into the wall, in front of the wall or sweeping off to the side, stairs are a great addition to almost any project. Choose they type of stairs based on your landscape. Add landings to break up long stairways, serpentines or switch backs to create beautiful stairways. Match your stairway to the slope for optimal design. Learn the benefits to a wide variety of stairway types. Learn how to calculate the number of stairs you will need as well as the step by step process to excavate, compact and build your stairs. You can find complete installation instructions, a local store near you, as well as design ideas and easy to use estimating tools at our website: allanblock.com

How To Build an Raised Pond

You can build an above ground pond in your landscape in a weekend using the AB Courtyard Collection from Allan Block. Watch our step by step installation instructions and let us show you how to build a pond in your yard. Create a focal point in your yard that you can add other fun projects using the Courtyard Collection by Allan Block. Enjoy life more with outdoor rooms that expand your living space and enhance your life. Have fun entertaining guests or host family parties in your new patio with seating walls. Be creative with this innovative building product. This concrete product is much easier to use than mortar and blocks. Its raised rings lock the wall together like LEGO blocks. Both sides of the block have a split face texture that’s beautiful from every angle. Just stack them on a bed of rock or on an existing surface to create your next outdoor project. You can find complete installation instructions, a local store near you, as well as design ideas and easy to use estimating tools at our website: allanblock.com

How to apply concrete Water Based Stain

BRICKFORM shows how apply our ARTesian water based stain over stamped, hard Trowel, and broom finished concrete. BRICKFORM goes over the proper surface preparation, application of water based stain and sealing the concrete surface.

How to Build a Retaining Wall

Learn how to build a basic retaining wall. These gravity retaining walls are walls that depend on their own weight and setback to retain the soil and are typically shorter in height. Allan Block retaining walls are ideal for this type of wall, because they use no mortar or glue but have a special front lip and bottom notch that locks them together when they are stacked into place forming a setback. This setback helps the wall support the pressure from the soils retained behind it. The steps in this video show you how to build a retaining wall from the base course up. Focusing on wall block placement, how to level the blocks, and filling and compacting the rock in the backfill area inside and behind the block. You can find complete installation instructions, a local store near you, as well as design ideas and easy to use estimating tools at our website: allanblock.com

How to Build a Light Post with Stackable Blocks

Add a lighting element to the your landscape with a light post using the AB Courtyard Collection from Allan Block. Watch step by step to see how quickly this can be completed. You can find the entire collection of videos, photos, literature, how-to sheets and instructions all at www.allanblock.com.

How to Build a Patio Enclosure with Seating Walls

Watch how you can upgrade your patio and landscape with the AB Courtyard Collection from Allan Block. Building wall panels and posts to enclose your patio creates a stunning new look as well as adding great extra seating.

How To Build an Raised Pond

You can build an above ground pond in your landscape in a weekend using the AB Courtyard Collection from Allan Block. Watch our step by step installation instructions and let us show you how to build a pond in your yard. Create a focal point in your yard that you can add other fun projects using the Courtyard Collection by Allan Block. Enjoy life more with outdoor rooms that expand your living space and enhance your life. Have fun entertaining guests or host family parties in your new patio with seating walls. Be creative with this innovative building product. This concrete product is much easier to use than mortar and blocks. Its raised rings lock the wall together like LEGO blocks. Both sides of the block have a split face texture that’s beautiful from every angle. Just stack them on a bed of rock or on an existing surface to create your next outdoor project. You can find complete installation instructions, a local store near you, as well as design ideas and easy to use estimating tools at our website: allanblock.com