How To Make A Cement Bag Retaining Wall

An easy way to build retaining walls.
How to make a cement bag retaining wall. See more ideas about retaining wall concrete bags concrete retaining walls. Last year tom started this project to give us a level area in our back yard by digging out the yard and building about 2 1 2 feet of the wall with cement bags which hardened over the winter. Of compacted base 1 in.
Leave the concrete in the bag stack like legos wet with a hose surprisingly this seems to work quite well by rain noe october 19 2018. Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water. Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb. Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street. Culvert bricking with cement bags part 2 duration.
Step 2 lay the first level of. How to build a concrete wall figure a. I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick. Enter a caption optional building a retaining wall in the conventional ways above is not a trivial matter. However an enterprising individual with a few sacks of concrete and a garden hose can make an equally useful and elegant.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall. Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn. Cross section of a retaining wall a cinder block retaining wall is only as straight and solid as the base it s built on.