That s right the idea is that.
Retaining wall made with concrete bags.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
Alternate the staple direction from bag to bag and tier to tier.
I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.
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.
Looking at different options the idea of a retaining wall made from.
Hi all i have a small pond where one bank has started collapsing and i need to build a retaining wall.
My cousin has read about a process of taking unopened bags of concrete layered like bricks to make a.
Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
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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.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
As an alternate drive straight rebar rods down through the bags as shown.
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.
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.
Concrete bag retaining wall.
Driven into the bags.
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.