Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
Retaining wall made with concrete bags.
My cousin has read about a process of taking unopened bags of concrete layered like bricks to make a.
However an enterprising individual with a few sacks of concrete and a garden hose can make an equally useful and elegant concrete bag retaining wall.
Driven into the bags.
Looking at different options the idea of a retaining wall made from.
As an alternate drive straight rebar rods down through the bags as shown.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
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Alternate the staple direction from bag to bag and tier to tier.
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Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
I plan to mostly drain the pond to do the work there is a stream that i will have to continuously pump past the pond during the project.
Depending on the height of the dam wall and the capacity of the reservoir it may be desirable to leave channels for water to runoff between bags in the top tier.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
That s right the idea is that.
The 2020 update is now up today june 15 2020 a 5 5 minute video update about my concrete bag retaining wall it s a real nail biter.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
Hi all i have a small pond where one bank has started collapsing and i need to build a retaining wall.