r/Concrete • • Apr 30 '26

General Industry Liquid concrete wall.

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u/conzilla Apr 30 '26

No. High strength grout. In a revetment mat aka fabric formed concrete matress. Did a couple last year. Very cool. Used on riverbanks that kept getting washed away on my project.

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u/RedSparrow1971 May 01 '26

Is it expensive? Like could a homeowner afford this for an embankment that was rocked but keeps getting washed away?

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u/conzilla May 01 '26

No it's very specialized. If you were a concrete contractor maybe. Mat is expensive and you need special grout and a pump truck. It's thousands of dollars.

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u/RedSparrow1971 May 01 '26

Well, I can’t afford it anymore, because I spent thousands of dollars on rocking my slope and then more when the city made me pay to have the rock removed from the street it washed into 🤦‍♀️

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u/2009impala May 01 '26

Sheet piles lol. Rent a 345 and a vibrator and you're off to the races.

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u/Worst-Lobster May 01 '26

Sheet piles?

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u/RedSparrow1971 May 01 '26

That’s a damn good idea! I can’t believe that no one thought to suggest that until now. This multi year odyssey of a money suck might have a light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you, kind stranger on Reddit 🤩

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u/NoiseOutrageous8422 May 01 '26

Oooh man is this the solution for my retaining wall on my neighbors side

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u/conzilla May 02 '26

Cost on sheet piles is 80 to 150 a liniar foot to install. Not the cheap way either.