This will keep our culverts and driveway all intact while giving it a cool look.
Culvert concrete bag retaining wall.
Culvert bricking with cement bags.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
Thoroughly sprinkle and tamp each layer of bags.
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
Perforating the bags with a pitchfork or metal rake will speed saturation and initial set.
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Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways above is not a trivial matter.
That s right the idea is that you don t open the packaging.
Lay the first tier of bags for the dam or bulkhead wall by butting the bags together end to end.
Step 7 fill the trench between the dirt and the concrete wall with some gravel.
Stack succeeding tiers in an interlocking fashion or bond pattern.
See how well it works in.
We re using a dry bag method stacking in courses and stabilizing wit.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
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There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
We put a stop to our erosion problem with just a few concrete bags.
Set it back about a half to a quarter inch so the wall will lean gently into the hill.
Building a cement bag retaining wall around a culvert by pouring dry concrete mix in small lunch bags and stacking them like bricks.
See how well it works in.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.