2 i have tested several types of bags.
Make a concrete bag wall.
Bags of quikrete veneer stone mortar you will need to construct your wall including the scratch coat bond coat and jointing mortar application.
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I ve seen some walls built with used chunks of concrete sidewalk pieces to me they would be leaps and bounds better looking than the bag route.
All yields are approximate and do not allow for uneven application thickness waste etc.
How to build concrete sack walls.
We re using a dry bag method stacking in courses and stabilizing wit.
This can be a very rough process as the concrete.
Concrete runs about 4 bucks a bag and at height of 3 or so would require a good number to provide 3 feet of wall.
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
The calculator will indicate the number of 80 lb.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
And might be found for free in you local community.
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.
Construction step 1 level the area you intend to build the wall around eyeballing it and digging out with the shovel.
4 i can disprove your theory that the concrete will not set up correct due to water ratios.
3 that video above with the guy putting steel in the bags is my video.
An enterprising individual with a few sacks of concrete and a garden hose can make an equally useful and elegant concrete bag retaining wall.
And if a wall is chipping or crumbling it s fair to say the bag was taken off way to early.