I decided to finally reach out to a community of earth bag enthusiasts to ask about using them in a conventional yard wall. That would mean high (8 feet), long (like 200 feet), and straight. I know they're not at their best done this way, but I wondered if anybody has tried to use them for walls like that with some kind of reinforcement. I presume with some vertical posts (pipe/rebar,whatever) with wire across each layer of bags every few feet that it could start getting plausible. Has anybody tried it?
I've been pondering earth bags particular because:
1. They're cheap
2. Dirt absorbs sound well
3. I can ultimately get an adobe-like finish on the wall that would work well with this 60's spanish-mission thing happening with this house's architecture
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