"I laughing at seismic catastrophe comment. if you're going to California and see what people stack one highway on top of another an earthquake zone is pewter freaking catastrophe and asinine as hell. Show me retaining wall that won't come down have an earthquake. Dumbest comment ever."
"As I said everyone of you can point out flaws in the wall and I can tell you the exact reason and solution for each one. I'm willing to do a friendly wager with one or all of you. The butt ugly one comment was pretty funny but there is a solution to butt ugly also. I'll just explain it and if you aren't a believer after that we'll then I'll post the URL to the video then that will shut you up. 1 when laying the bags in starting with the very first layer. We use a gasoline powered asphalt tamper. Compacts and makes a uniform shape inside the bag. Prevents cracking and chipping. Very layer down and back. 2 every 3 layers we backfill with gravel after installing a perforated 4 inch drain pipe. Every 4th layer we install our rebar depending on height we use 3/8 or 1/2 steel. We install it vertically at an angle every other bag down then every other bag up creating an x pattern so the concrete is tied together on either side. 😁 Make sense? We also install dead man bags every 10 feet with steel running horizontally. Okay so we repeat this process until the desired height is reached. Watering as we go . Who says watering concrete doesn't have a benefit ? So anyways we are all backfilled,tamped, reinforced,and now the cool part. We usually wait a minimum of 20 days we check the wall by removing some.of the paper. See how light the concrete is and how hard the bag is by testing it with a core drill. Wow genuis right? 10 holes we can evaluate the wall or section that may need more time. It's called diligence. After the tests we decide whether to move forward. The butt ugly comment solution . We burn the paper off. And repair any little imperfections along the wall.we then pull out to backpack sprayers one five gallon and another five gallon we mix her base color in the first one then we mix the overlay and the second one. See where this is going. We sprayed the first base coat on while the first one still wet. We splatter the second one and let it run through the first base color for a marble effect when it dries we seal it guess what. Butt ugly fixed. Now you still want to doubt it I'll post a video. I catch you out use my patent I'll put you in the courthouse. Just kidding there is a correct way to do it even though I was being sarcastic."
"Wait in have one last question for Austin since he's a resident expert on the bag walls. Have you ever seen one done with my patented process? I bet you haven't. My email is lmsoutdoorsolutions@gmail.com email me I'll be happy to show anybody here that what he says is not factual in any since of the word. I can prove what I'm saying. "
"There is a correct way to do the bag wall. There's is also a certain company that manufacturers a bag that helps the curing process. And if a wall is chipping or crumbling it's fair to say the bag was taken off way to early. 1 I have been doing these walls for 30 years. 2 I have tested several types of bags. 3 that video above with the guy putting steel in the bags is my video. 4 I can disprove your theory that the concrete will not set up correct due to water ratios. 5 I'm not pouring a pad where curing to a certain strength is absolute. 6 after it's cured and prepped for small imperfections i stain it and cure just like it's a flat sidewalk. 7 regular 16 inch estate blocks at home improvement stores don't even have steel in them and move individually. My wall well it's all tied together with 3/8 or 1/2 reinforced steel you tell me. 8 if the water percentage for concrete has to be so precised why is their a variation in that percentage called a "SLUMP" . seems if it was absolutely imperitive on the water percentage based on the strength seems there would only be one "Slump variation. Don't judge something based on people's lack of knowledge on how you install a wall made from bags. 9 and I'm off soapbox. I do have an in depth instructional video on how to and the formula for calculating all the materials anyone would need. Anyways I'm not bashing anybodies opinion if it is fair and educted. I have walls that's been standing 30 years with the same process. Perfected and tweeked over the years and still improving it as it progresses. "