Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
Sacks of concrete retaining wall.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
Mar 30 2013 just stack up bags on concrete leave them as is through a few big rains ir thoroughly soak a few times and then tear off paper voila.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
Additional retaining wall cost factors.
I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.
Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
However an enterprising individual with a few sacks of concrete and a garden hose can make an equally useful and elegant concrete bag retaining wall.
A verysimple concrete bag retaining wall with no work.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
Foundation the retaining wall will need to have some form of foundation built to give it a solid base.
Concrete bag retaining wall.
4 6 per 0 5 cubic foot bag.
That s right the idea is that.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.