Genius idea! I have a few similar situations on my property only smaller in scale thankfully. Stealing this idea as soon as I find the time. Thank for that great video.
That piece of music was an inspired choice, because of the running water from what must have been a really heavy rain storm and that was just the right piece to relax after a long hard day’s working out in the rain.
As many said it is satisfying to watch a job that turns out as intended. Looks like a well made stone bridge and you barely see the plastic culvert.. Sound track has that old nostalgic feeling of western flicks.
Just came from part 1 video. Awesome job. :-) Tip: On both sides of the culvert make sure the bottom is covered/lined with stone or heavy gravel. Will avoid the soil being washed out and eventually dig under the culvert. Thumbs up.
Nicely done and thank you for showing the finished retaining wall. I really like the look of it as well. Full-watch 👀 and a big Like 👍. Have a Merry Christmas.
Great idea. Now I know what I can do to move water all over the land from top elevation 😊 and grow flowers and moss on the concrete to bring back the natural look.
A very tidy job. Just proves that all the armchair engineers who said “you shoulda used some rebar” from the previous video, didnt get it. It would have rusted out anyway, so why waste resource when what you have is sufficient for the job. Really nicely done.
Looks like it’s working perfectly. This is the only one I’ve seen where someone didn’t just place the whole bags as is. Your way may be a little more work but must use less concrete. Another thought I had was you may have better adhesion between the bags using a single layer paper bag. Most store bought concrete are multiple layers.
Greetings from Thornton Colorado. Nice job. I need to build a short retaining wall about a hundred feet long. It’s on a grade with a privacy fence next to it. My question is about longevity. Has anyone had these walls fail? How long has this culvert retainer been in use now. Since my wall will never be seen, it’s even a better idea to go this route. Even so I imagine over time some folks stain the concrete also. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated. Awesome music.
Just imagine 10,000 years form now people will be amazed how this stone wall held up over the ages with our limited knowledge and only bronze age tools to cut through this hard rock. What will they think of us.
great work but I'm bummed that it might eventually collapse. high water flow and no upright bracing... awesome idea though. if I ever put this cool way to use, I think sandwhich a stick of steel between layers or somehow pound sharpened steel down through before it's wet.. I dunno, but I like your channel and thanks for putting it out there man!
That's what I was thinking. Perhaps barbed wire between rows or thin, twistable wire carefully slid down vertically. Maybe make the wall double thick. Or even rebar back braces pounded into the ground first then stack the bags against them.
This is similar to what is called dry stone walling and in some cases can last several hundred years, some of the walls in the Lake District National park, in Northern England, were built by Viking farmers in the 900's and still going strong.
English are British, Welsh are British, Scottish are British. British denotes the fact that we come from the Island of Great Britain. That's kind of like saying a Texan isn't American.
@@LolFishFail yeah, but only the English would speak like that, so he is absolutely correct. We might be living on two small islands but our accents are totally different and use of the English language is very different in each country, England, Scotland, wales and Northern island.
I don't have pictures but this guy from up the road somehow sprayed or made thinner concrete and laid everywhere without forms and it hardened fine, which assisted in errosion
Spray it down with a water hose to get it to start setting. Just make sure that dirt is behind it so the water will not wash it out before it sets. Wish you well. Bon the builder.
How many bags were used in this project - both brown bags and bags of quickrete? Thank you for this wonderful idea. It is functional and attractive. Well done.
Marih, thank you for your interest. This project took approximately 8 bags of concrete that were 80 lbs. ea. You can get the brown paper bags at the grocery store...they are small lunch bags that come 50 or 40 per pack.
Looks and works great but if you built a forum and mixed the concert you would not have used as much I can see that being an expensive thing to keep doing
I would like to see the core of those bag bricks. I don't see how enough water can penetrate to the core before a hard shell is formed preventing more water to harden the whole brick. Not saying it's a bad idea, I just wonder how much of that bag turns into solid concrete.
moisture tends to travel thru concrete so eventually the entire thing will set. Though depending on how thick it is, and how much of the time the outside is kept damp, it could be years or decades.
I live in the desert and we get about 6 inches of rainfall a year....I stacked a few bags of redi-mix behind my "tiny tack" shed and upon first rainfall of the season, about an inch of rain it was hardened like a solid brick in a bag so it will harden!!! Could you poke holes in the lunch bags after they are placed? Probably a stupid question....
Just wondering if you have an update? I’ve heard doing it this way eventually will fail… I love the look and easy project but worry it will eventually fail.
