A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
Concrete cement bag retaining wall.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
That s right the idea is that.
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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.
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.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
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.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
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.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
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Concrete bag retaining wall.