We re using a dry bag method stacking in courses and stabilizing wit.
Make a concrete bag wall.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
3 that video above with the guy putting steel in the bags is my video.
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Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
Bags of quikrete veneer stone mortar you will need to construct your wall including the scratch coat bond coat and jointing mortar application.
4 i can disprove your theory that the concrete will not set up correct due to water ratios.
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
And might be found for free in you local community.
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.
This can be a very rough process as the concrete.
How to build concrete sack walls.
All yields are approximate and do not allow for uneven application thickness waste etc.
And if a wall is chipping or crumbling it s fair to say the bag was taken off way to early.
1 i have been doing these walls for 30 years.
I ve seen some walls built with used chunks of concrete sidewalk pieces to me they would be leaps and bounds better looking than the bag route.
2 i have tested several types of bags.
Construction step 1 level the area you intend to build the wall around eyeballing it and digging out with the shovel.
The calculator will indicate the number of 80 lb.