There are other important steps in this process such as proper backfill and drainage to remove water from behind the wall.
Unopened concrete bag 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.
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Make a retaining wall using quickcrete bags unopened and stacked like bricks.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
An easy way to build retaining walls.
Wet the bags daily for a couple of days.
How to pour a concrete slab for beginners diy duration.
Driven into the bags.
Set it back about a half to a quarter inch so the wall will lean gently into the hill.
After 1 week of rain from 2500 to 950 sq ft duration.
For a low wall you can use the small concrete blocks that kms linked to.
Step 7 fill the trench between the dirt and the concrete wall with some gravel.
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.
That s right the idea is that you don t open the packaging.
Concrete bag retaining wall pt 2.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
The bags will set.
Alternate the staple direction from bag to bag and tier to tier.
2 feet is the max height for those blocks and if built on a proper base and with the first course level you can backfill the wall up to 2 feet tall.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
The paper slowly comes off and should be gone in 6 months.
As an alternate drive straight rebar rods down through the bags as shown.