Cement Bag Concrete Bag Retaining Wall
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
Cement bag concrete bag retaining wall. Rip rap is also available in a biodegradable polyester scrim reinforced kraft bag for improved durability. A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb. They look like sandbags but are actually hessian bags filled with wet concrete and pinned together with steel rods making a good solid retaining wall. 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. See how well it works in part 2. Cob buildingbuilding a houseearth bag homesearthship homenatural homesnatural buildinground housediy homeoutdoor projects. We re using a dry bag method stacking in courses and stabilizing wit.
Set it back about a half to a quarter inch so the wall will lean gently into the hill. Offset the next row by about half or a third of the length of the concrete bag while stacking it on top of the first row. Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag. There is no mixing or forming required simply stack the bags as described in the usage instructions.
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. So diyers have come up with an interesting trick. Video of the day.
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. Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall. Rip rap is a sand and cement mixture packaged in a biodegradable kraft bag designed for erosion control applications. This will keep our culverts and driveway all intact while giving it a cool look.
Concrete runs about 4 bucks a bag and at height of 3 or so would require a good number to provide 3 feet of wall.