Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
Concrete cement bag retaining wall.
I want to put a short retaining wall to level off the slope to my front yard.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
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.
Concrete bag retaining wall.
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That s right the idea is that.
Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
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A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
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.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.