This calculator assumes that you are using 20 foot long lengths of rebar.
Concrete bag retaining wall with rebar.
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If your wall is over 40 feet long it will add 2x the amount of overlap required.
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.
If your wall is over 20 feet long it will add the amount of overlap required.
Professionally made they can be extremely expensive but they always look beautiful.
Insert rebar in the footing when you pour it.
Over time the bags will degrade and you will have an elegant and permanent retaining wall.
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Pouring a concrete retaining wall is not that difficult and this easy to follow how to guide will show you just what to do.
As the last step fill the cores around the rebar with mortar from the bottom to top.
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This should be done at every three blocks or at intervals specified by your local codes.
Building a retaining wall in the conventional ways is not a trivial matter.
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Calculate the amount of rebar needed for reinforcing a wall.
Expect to spend 20 36 hours building a 3x10 foot concrete block retaining wall.
Rebar is placed horizontally and vertically in the wall in a grid pattern.
However an enterprising individual with a few sacks of concrete and a garden hose can make an equally useful and elegant concrete bag 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.
A simple cost effective way to make a retaining wall is to stack 60 lb.