One Year Later | Concrete Bag | Culvert Retaining Wall

Is it holding up? Improvement culvert exit: Prevented bags from stretching. Hope this helps you make a better wall. -Entrance about $1,250 "DIY".

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Concrete Bag Retaining Wall | How I Built

Culvert & French Drain Performing As Needed

French Drain 130' | Deep 4' Subsurface | River Rock

What Is Concrete - See Testing- Actually Dams Use Compressed Rolled Concrete

This Culvert Model Demonstrates Types Of Entrances***
Our entrance was near capacity and the exit was about 70 percent flow.

** Quikrete Rip Rap - Commercial grade blend of Portland cement and specially graded sand, packaged in a Fiber Reinforced, Biodegradable Bag for erosion control applications.

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Disclaimer: Please note: I am not giving engineering or construction advice since each and every site and location is different. This is just a demonstration of what I did and what worked for my location and my particular project. Please seek advice from a contractor and engineer to protect your time and investment in materials. I talked with Tom the engineer who has 50+ years of construction experience before I proceeded. All documentation and videos on this website are for informational purposes only. I am not liable for any use or misuse of this information by any person and any claims of any kind such as loss or injury. Warning: The tools and equipment presented in this video can be dangerous. Use all necessary safety protections at all times.

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[geraldhenrickson]

Just a note...right now (Nov 2022) bags of concrete mix are over $4.00 each when purchased by the pallet. Yet this entire idea remains a good one and I shall press head with my project. Thanks for all the videos Steve.

[allenmoore]

Thanks for the one year later progress. Great design.

[GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

This held up so well and it looks so good too.

[chrisreynolds]

I’m amazed and glad you did this follow up video

[sanpietroprogettista]

Great work and thank you for sharing. It looks very attractive to me and fits in well with the setting.

[Aceman]

Theres a masonry spray to help keep blocks from breaking down. Its like Thompson water seal.

[bgaviator]

How long do you have to keep the bags wet? Is it reinforced with rebar?

[SmoothOperator]

That came out awesome! Thanks, I will definitely be trying this now. 😉👍🏼

[andreww]

This wall look like the walls in Peru near Cusco!

[djek]

Can you further explain your method for the clear packaging tape on the top row to prevent cracking?
Thanks in advance.

[benmorr]

Great job..Nice looks too..You say you taped the bags..What kind of tape did you use

[dc-wpoc]

Steve, appreciated you sharing this information. A great project.
Did you size the culvert based on some estimated water flow calculation or just picked what seemed an appropriate size?

[peterstevens]

A 22-pound bag cost here in New Zealand US$6.25 …

[autotoyexchangegarage]

How the hell has no one mentioned the bobcat in the vid starting 2:40?

[jamesmziegler]

How high do you suppose you could have built that wall without it crumbling under its own weight?

[benjaminboughton]

Do you think this would work to raise my driveway about 3 foot so I can level it out to expand it?

[hassanmostafa]

Awesome work. What do you mean by taping the bags? wouldn't that prevent then from getting enough water?

[charliebecker]

Nice job . About how long did each Culvert take.

Do u know what u paid per 60 lbs and 80 lbs bags. And roughly how many bags.

Was this economic compared to other types of walls?
Thx

[ragibby]

Why didn't you show water flowing through it after it was built? You showed the before, what about the after?

[timd]

Man, concrete bags are 6.48 here now.