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· Hammered Thumb
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Don't know where in NE FL you are, but I searched HomeDepot in Orange Park (Jacksonville) and they have both Quikrete and Sakrete Grout Fill in stock.

Grout Fill is not just a term for the method, but the material. The ONLY time I see people using or recommending concrete mix to fill CMUs is on this and other get-er-dun forums. The problem with not controlling aggregrate sizes around rebar in tight spaces is crowding and leaving air pockets. If the rebar is not fully in cement, then it is doing no good in connecting your sill plate with the footing. Your vertical grout is only 48"o.c. with the rebar and at corners.
 

· Hammered Thumb
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I was assuming it needed to be all of them.
You have a 3 course high wall, and it is not a retaining wall (holding earth back), and has a bond beam to boot. Certainly no need for a fully grouted wall, just the rebar cores and corners.
Anyway, that LuapYllier guy is me haha. Notice Yllier is my last name backwards.
So your name is actually Paul, not Mike then. Or Paul Michael. Or Michael Paul O'Reilly. My username is "steering column stickshift" spelled backwards.
 
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