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