1 i have been doing these walls for 30 years.
Concrete bag wall crumbling.
How to repair the surface of a concrete wall to repair crumbling.
Driven into the bags.
And if a wall is chipping or crumbling it s fair to say the bag was taken off way to early.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
Then add fill and finally xeroscaping it to save water.
Right now when i water the lawn it all runs down the slope into the street.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
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.
4 i can disprove your theory that the concrete will not set up correct due to water ratios.
Buildings especially older ones tend to develop cracks here and there the basement walls crumbling and the driveway all falling apart.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
Water that gets into cracks can cause them to grow and the faces of concrete walls can have the cement binder leached out over many years leaving them weak.
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.
Crumbling basement walls solution hard cracks and chips spalling concrete walls vertical cracks in retaining walls.
Alternate the staple direction from bag to bag and tier to tier.
Next you want to mix up a batch of mortar and to do so you can purchase premixed in a bag or mix your own by using 1.
My cousin has read about a process of taking unopened bags of concrete layered like bricks to make a.
As an alternate drive straight rebar rods down through the bags as shown.
Jump to the step by step guides for fixing.
Not wanting to waste water and also save some money i decided to even out the lawn.
All which needs immediate attention.
2 i have tested several types of bags.