A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
Using concrete bags for retaining wall.
Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
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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So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
Alternate the staple direction from bag to bag and tier to tier.
A verysimple concrete bag retaining wall with no work.
Concrete bag retaining wall.
Driven into the bags.
Mar 30 2013 just stack up bags on concrete leave them as is through a few big rains ir thoroughly soak a few times and then tear off paper voila.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
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.
Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
As an alternate drive straight rebar rods down through the bags as shown.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.