I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.
How to build a retaining wall with bags of concrete.
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.
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.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
Hi all i have a small pond where one bank has started collapsing and i need to build a retaining wall.
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
The wall we built was a weekend long project and an exhausting one at that.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
That s right the idea is that.
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.
Concrete bag retaining wall.
How to build a concrete wall prep work.
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.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
We re using a dry bag method stacking in courses and stabilizing wit.
My cousin has read about a process of taking unopened bags of concrete layered like bricks to make a.
Materials tools and site.
Looking at different options the idea of a retaining wall made from.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
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.
Avoid having downspouts pointed at the retaining wall and if it s against the house keep soil and mulch well below the siding.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.