LOoks to me, like it would have been easier to cast large bricks out of the concrete and wet stacked them with mortar. All this post build work would be unnecessary.....i'm not convinced...

Beautiful! How tall is this wall and how long is rebar? Should rebar go though the length to the bottom? How often to add rebar between each one?

Great video. I am planning on a similar in the future so liked to see the how to tips and tricks.

You’re probably going to need a few layers more.

If you get a crack just fill it with cement

How does cost compare per square foot for bags versus precast blocks? Didn’t show how to ensure full coverage on front bag edge. Did you tie the horizontal and vertical rebar? What effect.does the two paper layers have on bonding the rows together?

Cool

That's nice!

Did you tie the horizontal and vertical rebar together in the curved section of the wall?

This was a great idea, but the video sucks…. :/

Great idea I need to build a 2 foot wall because they had 4x4 timbers. I think I’ll go with these bags instead. Any suggestions of how deep you need to go with concrete bags for 2 feet for example, if you build a 6 foot fence it’s always best to go 2 to 3 feet deep. Is there the same concept for building walls with concrete bags?

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crumble in 5 yrs

Rebar was a good idea to tie the sacks together. I'm afraid that without any geogrid and with how narrow the coarse aggregate behind the wall is this wall will want to tip really badly, especially with no improvement to the subgrade. It looks like this was uploaded quite a while ago, how has it performed so far?

Such a good idea, and you can use different color cement bags like white, I love it.

Looks great. Is there anyway to treat the concrete to help it last longer?

If you only went 2 to 3 feet high would you use rebar?

@STEVEADDIS great lets talk, can we do a quick call for tips and tricks, this is awesome

How do you mix the bags. Just turn them end over end or flip the bag side to side?

I actually love this look. You did a great job. This was done at our city park, along a runoff creek at least 30 years ago....and it's still in great shape. Could you tell me how mch a pallet of this cost? and how many pallets(and how many bags are there per pallet) did you actually end up using? Lastly, what was the overall length of the wall you built?

I am reading some of the comments and I wonder what a professional would say about this,in my opinion ,if you have a ton of money to spare ,go ahead and improvise ,but it doesn’t look like it will hold like a block or rock retaining wall,concrete works well when mixed with water as you use it ,but I may be wrong…

looks good

Culvert wall definitely did its job. Looks like you need to do a small section of concrete for the driveway above the culvert, so when it overflows the water simply goes over the top and doesn't damage anything.

I think the bags look better than standard formed wall, but your install is so thorough its almost as much work as doing standard concrete forms and you can get inserts to make the formed walls look like rocks. The bag walls are holding up ok after a few years, but you can see cracking/crumbling already. Have you thought about spray some sort of sealant on the exterior to keep it from crumbling as quickly? This seems like a method that is fine for small projects, but not ideal for larger walls.

Working on one now

Thanks again Steve! 💪.....

No idea why this was in recommended but good job. Now I want to see a project on diverting water from sides into the first culvert (3:50). Kinda looked like the road would be washed out quicker at the moment with the amount of water.

can you remove the stupid music?

Thank you for showing this with PVC. Seriously. Digging a French drain and hauling rock is a lot of work and I get angry when I see people go through all of this effort and then use the stupid corrugated and perforated black flex pipe. You do not need the top holes; 2-holes at the 8 and 4 positions is adequate. Also, would have put cleanouts on both lines. Finally, your sanitary tee looks like it was installed backwards, but should not make a difference for this application. 3:40 now that is a properly sized culvert. If this is on your property, do yourself a major favor and place some rock on both sides of the pipe, and both on the upstream and downstream discharge ends of the embankment. The soil holding your embankment will thank you later. 6:00 that little hydraulic jump at the entrance of the metal culvert tells me you have a turbulence issue at the head and can result in erosion beneath the culvert. Can't tell with the water, but if this is not rock armored under the pipe, please do so. Very beautiful wall and would hate to see it undermined. I would go 18" deep with a mix of 9" to 15" rock. As an alternate you could also do an apron with the concrete backs to match your wall.

Absolutely the best quality! Amazing

why does the pipe have holes in the top; surely you'd want the on the bottom at an angle.

This is quality. Shows everything without someone yakking😊

How do you ensure the concrete is properly mixed to achieve its psi strength, or are you just relying on the dead weight of the bag?

im looking at doing this on a smaller scale, how is it holding up?

Has anyone tried this same method as a pathway? I have to get across a small ravine to be able to access our back pasture that we can no longer access because the adjacent property that was family property for over a hundred years has been sold. I was thinking of having one layer five bags wide to get a width of 8’ (actually 95”)and then like 48’ long. It would be four pallets I believe if 42 bags is a full pallet. Then driving say 4’ of 1/2 rebar through each bag or at least the outside bags into the soil to keep it from washing away. Which I don’t really think it would but my brother in law is afraid it would. Just looking for a good way to make access that won’t break the bank.

People in Oaxaca, Mexico build houses using this technique. 😅 Build an entire 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, plus living room, kitchen, and garage for under $15k....

Hi, thanks for the info! Hoe does the cement get wettened in the bag? Is it strong enough doing it this way?

And thus Machu Picchu walls were made...

You could’ve done it way cheaper if you would’ve just gone to a concrete plant, they have molds at the concrete plant where they dump the extra concrete after the day or after the trip into a mold, making a block and then they sell those concrete blocks for dirt cheap… incredibly dumb video

What is the update of your concrete bag project? Is it holding up well?

Thanks joe.

Dam wish I'd seen this a year ago! I have the same thing but had a wall poured and cost me lots the wall is cracked and missed shaped like yours way better!

Can I do this for my seawall by the lake?

Are all bags laid side to side, do any bags run front to back? How long are the sections of rebar and is it 2 rods of rebar per bag? You do phenomenal work! I subscribed! Thank you for your videos.

How does your back feel?

How long does it take to set up?

How do I drive the rebar into the bags?

When doing this method does it all have to be done in one shot or can it slowly be added on in segments?

What kind of bagged cement do you recommend? Quick set or regular?

Wow!