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