Building a retaining wall out of concrete bags

[wrdennig]

I did one of these about 30' long and 8' high . . . the only difference in my method was that I offset the bags rather than having joints line up. Well, another difference was that I was able to back angle the wall about 2' from bottom to top. It's still there after about 20 years.

[Wellactually]

I built one of these using my tractor, rapid setting concrete, and GEO grid. It's a bit more work with the grid, but it ties the soil to the wall and nakes things much more stable. That was almost 30 years ago. Didn't use rebar, and absolutely zero issues.

[SuperDrUnicorn]

“That retaining wall won’t last” will become the new “That pond won’t hold water” 😂

[manlytakos]

Plants, specific trees and shrubs help with erosion concerns. You should plant a good amount to lock in the ground up top.

[Digitalhunny]

No! You gotta lay your bags out like bricks, in a staggered formation, for both strength & durability! If you don't, whenever water settles in between those cracks, you're screwed. Especially, if water ever freezes where you are, even just once. The frozen water will RIP your whole wall apart, completely. At the _very_ least lay those bags as if each one was a brick, the seems should never ever go all the way down. Remember building blocks as a kid? Please, don't waste your time & money, laying them wrong, as they weren't are right now. 😢

[JohnSchoolingJr]

Stackables are a good alternative. They're interlocking and hold eachother pretty well. Best part is that if it ever comes apar you just level out your bottom course again and you can stack them back up for another 10+ years of service. And on and on. They probably cost just as much as all those bags of concrete too.

[Prestiged_peck]

You should lay them like bricks then dump a few bags to fill the cracks

[dojobernards]

Across from my house they did one of these 2 miles long and 75 yards tall at a slope around 60 degrees along the river, and it has held up great, only two small 10x10 spots have washed out. It was done in the 50’s if I remember right

[ZionsGoldies]

You should get chickens again. Perhaps the Ayam Cemani or the indio gigante

[TheProboys]

Am I the only one thinking you should moves the pallets closer!!! You added so much extra work 😂

[Coldlight-]

Wall of china new remodel is crazy bro

[TJ-twkt]

8 years and still strong. I made a wall with that method but used more rebar.

[jacktheskipper]

lukes busting out the Chinese tofu dreg methodology

[jeffmurphy]

I’m an annual member of a state park that does this at the boat ramp and they told me they’ve saved over 750k dollars in the last 20 years by doing it this way. Plus I think it looks cool as fuck

[Stef_T-G]

It's your property, you do you! If it works for the time you need, it was the right way to go! 😊

[bytowi]

You get yourself a notification from the government

[fatcatc]

you're supposed to stack it like if you're building a brick wall

[nazux-nx]

Good job, I love you approach❤

I think if you interlock the bags instead of stacking them uniformly on each bag it'll last longer

[E]

i agree with you but i hate that you didnt stack them like bricks

[matthewbridges]

I’ve seen a lot of people talking crap in your page. I would usually agree because I’m in concrete too and the physics usually wouldn’t work the best.

But at my lake. The dock ramps are built like that. And they have a ramp that constantly moves up and down on top of them. And they have help for probably 30 years plus. And it still looks brand new.


Edit: I just realized you lined up the seams. So Nevermind it won’t be too strong.