Description
The smooth faced WedgeBLOK garden edging block is friendly to whipper snipper cords, beautifully finished with crisp modern chamfers and flexible enough to handle any style of edging. Lay all these styles with little or no gapping: straight edging, sweeping curves, tight curves, zig zags, big tree circles, little tree circles. Big enough to keep the weeds out and the mulch in, and small enough to fit in one hand so they’re super easy to lay. And yes, they’re also ideal for making fire pits.
- Easy to make curved or straight edging with no gaps!
- Modern aesthetic with full chamfers around top and sides on the front and back of the block
- Premium packaging with protective layer sheets on each layer to protect the tops from scratching
- Solid pressed concrete construction
- Smooth faces are friendlier to Whipper Snipper cords compared to rough, split stone surfaces of other blocks
- Easy to handle – most people can pick up in one hand
- Can glue together up to 4 courses high for a 500mm high wall
- 19 pieces makes the smallest circle with no gaps – 980mm diameter to outer faces, 700mm diameter to inner faces
- Contemporary colour range that matches our Esplanade 400 colours – can be used as paving edge restraints!
- Manufactured locally by National Masonry® to strict Australian Standards
Installation Guide
National basic guide to wall building
Locate your wall
Mark out the ground where your wall will be located (either by marking with stakes and a string line or by marking a line on the ground with spray paint). Excavate trench then compact roadbase into trench to form a levelling pad.
Prepare the site
Place blocks side by side on the levelling pad using a string line along the back of the units for alignment. Level each unit side to side and front to back using your spirit level. Spend time making sure the first course of units is level, otherwise all ensuing courses and ultimately the entire wall will not be level.
Backfill and compact
Install an agricultural drain 150mm diameter behind your first course and surround with gravel (12-20mm sized gravel, e.g. blue metal). Shovel and compact your backfill (existing site soil) behind the drainage material. (Backfill consisting of heavy clays or organic soils is not recommended due to water holding properties).
Additional Courses
Sweep the top of the previous course clean. Place the next course of units in a running bond pattern (i.e. with the vertical joints from the first course units halfway across the second course units). Pull each unit forward until it locks with the nib on the unit below. Place the drainage material behind the second course of units. Stack units, placing drainage material and compact backfill for each block height layer until your wall is complete.