Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
Building concrete bag retaining wall.
This can be a very rough process as the concrete.
That s right the idea is that.
An enterprising individual with a few sacks of concrete and a garden hose can make an equally useful and elegant concrete bag retaining wall.
If the wall is only around 2 3 feet tall there are many block options that can be used and will weigh around 40 pounds at most per block.
Construction step 1 level the area you intend to build the wall around eyeballing it and digging out with the shovel.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
There is still a lot of work in building a segmented retaining wall properly but it can be done by a homeowner.
Just remember on any wall the most important step is the footing and the first course.
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.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.