Looking at different options the idea of a retaining wall made from.
Retaining wall made with concrete bags.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
My cousin has read about a process of taking unopened bags of concrete layered like bricks to make a.
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.
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.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
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.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
Concrete bag retaining wall.
Hi all i have a small pond where one bank has started collapsing and i need to build a retaining wall.
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Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
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.
That s right the idea is that.
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.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
Driven into the bags.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.