Friends old and new show up and help us put up the first section of our retaining wall.
Concrete bag walls.
Driven into the bags.
Concrete mix consists of a uniformly blended properly proportioned mixture of gravel sand and portland cement.
This mix designed for pouring concrete 2 in.
And if a wall is chipping or crumbling it s fair to say the bag was taken off way to early.
1 i have been doing these walls for 30 years.
Alternate the staple direction from bag to bag and tier to tier.
On average it will take 90 40lb bags 60 60lb bags or 45 80lb bags to fill one cubic yard of concrete.
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.
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.
2 i have tested several types of bags.
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.
4 i can disprove your theory that the concrete will not set up correct due to water ratios.
Set it back about a half to a quarter inch so the wall will lean gently into the hill.
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.
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.
And might be found for free in you local community.
The calculator will indicate the number of 80 lb bags of quikrete base coat stucco and finish coat stucco you will need to construct your stucco wall using a traditional 3 coat or 2 coat application process.
Add 5 10 additional material to account for settling spillage and waste.
Concrete mix can be used for building or repairing foundation walls sidewalks curbs steps and ramps and for setting posts.
3 that video above with the guy putting steel in the bags is my video.
All yields are approximate and do not allow for uneven application thickness waste etc.
A big rainstorm came through blue spring farm last week.
2 this will ensure you can complete your project in a single pour without needing to get more concrete to complete the project if you re short.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.