So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
How to build a retaining wall with bags of concrete.
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 wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that.
Concrete bag retaining wall.
We re using a dry bag method stacking in courses and stabilizing wit.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
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.
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.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
The interlocking retaining wall block can be used to build walls up to 24 to 36 inches high depending on the size of the block.
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.
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
That s right the idea is that.
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.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
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.
How to build a concrete wall prep work.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
My cousin has read about a process of taking unopened bags of concrete layered like bricks to make a.
Materials tools and site.