Video of the day.
Culvert concrete bag retaining wall.
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.
Building a cement bag retaining wall around a culvert by pouring dry concrete mix in small lunch bags and stacking them like bricks.
This will keep our culverts and driveway all intact while giving it a cool look.
Stack succeeding tiers in an interlocking fashion or bond pattern.
Culvert bricking with cement bags.
Thoroughly sprinkle and tamp each layer of bags.
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Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways above is not a trivial matter.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
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.
Lay the first tier of bags for the dam or bulkhead wall by butting the bags together end to end.
Perforating the bags with a pitchfork or metal rake will speed saturation and initial set.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
See how well it works in.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
Building a cement bag retaining wall around a culvert by pouring dry concrete mix in small lunch bags and stacking them like bricks.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
Step 7 fill the trench between the dirt and the concrete wall with some gravel.
See how well it works in.
Set it back about a half to a quarter inch so the wall will lean gently into the hill.