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How to build a retaining wall with bags of concrete.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
The wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that.
Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
Looking at different options the idea of a retaining wall made from.
I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.
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.
Concrete bag retaining wall.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits.
We re using a dry bag method stacking in courses and stabilizing wit.
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.
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.
Materials tools and site.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
It took a day to rip out the old collapsing retaining wall to dig farther into the hill to provide room for the backfill gravel and to help unload materials.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
Avoid having downspouts pointed at the retaining wall and if it s against the house keep soil and mulch well below the siding.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
My cousin has read about a process of taking unopened bags of concrete layered like bricks to make a.