Measure and calculate the area you ll be covering with the retaining wall.
Concrete cement bag retaining wall.
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.
From a cost perspective basic wall blocks would look much better and be cheaper you could set them up as a pair if you need to extend beyond the 2 foot height limit.
Stack the second level of concrete.
Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
How to build concrete sack walls step 1.
Lay the first level of concrete bags out where the wall will be built up.
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Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways above is not a trivial matter.
That s right the idea is that you don t open the packaging.
Level the area you intend to build the wall around eyeballing it and digging out with the shovel.
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They look like sandbags but are actually hessian bags filled with wet concrete and pinned together with steel rods making a good solid retaining wall.
We re using a dry bag method stacking in courses and stabilizing wit.
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.
Level the ground where you want to build your retaining wall with your shovel.