Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
Using concrete bags for retaining wall.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
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.
Depending on the height of the dam wall and the capacity of the reservoir it may be desirable to leave channels for water to runoff between bags in the top tier.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
That s right the idea is that.
A verysimple concrete bag retaining wall with no work.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
Concrete bag retaining wall.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
Alternate the staple direction from bag to bag and tier to tier.
Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
As an alternate drive straight rebar rods down through the bags as shown.
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.
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Driven into the bags.