BillCroasmun
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I brought my driveway up next to the garage and the back corner of the fill is tapered off about 3' out for a 3' drop. I want to clean this up and minimize the dirt washing out. (picture shows area during the filling process).
I was looking around online for the cheapest and quickest way to build a retaining wall for this and found a website that talked about using earthbags. Basically poly-bags filled with dirt. This sounds both cheap and quick! I've never did anything like this before and figured I'd ask the collective wealth of knowledge here what you all think.
Eventually I will want this wall to look nice and I am thinking if the bags work well I can just dress up the outside of it. I could use stone or wood to make a façade front that would probably be cheap as well since it wouldn't have to support any loads.
Any thoughts, advice and/or ideas are welcome! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I was looking around online for the cheapest and quickest way to build a retaining wall for this and found a website that talked about using earthbags. Basically poly-bags filled with dirt. This sounds both cheap and quick! I've never did anything like this before and figured I'd ask the collective wealth of knowledge here what you all think.
Eventually I will want this wall to look nice and I am thinking if the bags work well I can just dress up the outside of it. I could use stone or wood to make a façade front that would probably be cheap as well since it wouldn't have to support any loads.
Any thoughts, advice and/or ideas are welcome! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif