As an alternate drive straight rebar rods down through the bags as shown.
Retaining wall made with concrete bags.
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.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
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A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
Hi all i have a small pond where one bank has started collapsing and i need to build a retaining wall.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
Driven into the bags.
I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
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Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
My cousin has read about a process of taking unopened bags of concrete layered like bricks to make a.
That s right the idea is that.
Looking at different options the idea of a retaining wall made from.
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.
Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
Alternate the staple direction from bag to bag and tier to tier.
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.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.