So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
How to concrete sack retaining wall.
A retaining wall must provide a way to release the water that builds up in the slope behind it.
Block retaining walls are generally the same as freestanding block walls but with a few important differences.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
Hi all i have a small pond where one bank has started collapsing and i need to build a retaining wall.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
That s right the idea is that.
Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.
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.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
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Concrete bag retaining wall.
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.
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.
Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
Without a pressure relief system the weight of the water in the soil would crack or even buckle the wall.
Concrete bag retaining wall.