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.
Residential concrete bag retaining wall.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
A wall that leans into the soil it retains is less likely to be pushed outward by soil pressure than a plain old vertical wall.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
Most landscape contractors in areas of heavy rainfall or weather extremes avoid fine poured concrete work due to its challenges.
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.
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Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
Professional residential retaining wall builders.
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
Concrete retaining wall pdf poured concrete walls can be tricky to install but look great with the architectural elements of a modern house.
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Vicki i had never heard of this until you posted about it but if you do a google image search for concrete bag retaining wall most of them look pretty rough and even the better ones don t look very residential.
We re using a dry bag method stacking in courses and stabilizing wit.