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Concrete bag retaining wall with rebar.
This should be done at every three blocks or at intervals specified by your local codes.
Calculate the amount of rebar needed for reinforcing a wall.
Insert rebar in the footing when you pour it.
Expect to spend 20 36 hours building a 3x10 foot concrete block retaining wall.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
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A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.
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Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
If your wall is over 20 feet long it will add the amount of overlap required.
If your wall is over 40 feet long it will add 2x the amount of overlap required.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
There are block retaining walls stone retaining walls and poured concrete retaining walls but these can be quite complicated and expensive.
Note before you begin you should check with the local building inspector s office in your area to find out how much rebar is required in retaining walls and how it should be laid and spaced.
This calculator assumes that you are using 20 foot long lengths of rebar.
So diyers have come up with an interesting trick.
Rather than messing around with mortar they lay the walls down like lego pieces using concrete while it s still in the bag.
Dec 6 2016 explore greg carpenter s board cement bag retaining wall on pinterest.
Rebar is placed horizontally and vertically in the wall in a grid pattern.
As a minimum 4 rebar 1 2 inch is spaced vertically at 36 inches on center continued to within 8 inches of the top of the wall placed on the tension side the inside face of the wall.