eBook
hoopla Instant
Building Stone Walls
Year
2014
Language
ENGLISH
Publication Information
Storey Publishing, LLC
Summary
Rustic and charming or stately and proud, a well-built stone wall can add personality and beauty to your property. John Vivian's lively approach and step-by-step instructions encourage you to transform a pile of rocks into an enduring landscape feature with gates, retaining walls, or stiles to suit your needs. Whatever unique challenges come with your site - poor drainage, sloping ground, or low-quality rubble material - Vivian offers innovative designs and reproducible methods to help you build a beautiful, long-lasting wall. John Vivian is a veteran practitioner of many country crafts. He is the author of Building Stone Walls and The Manual of Practical Homesteading. He lives in Vermont. A beautiful stone wall ... yours with just a rock pile, a few tools and this book! Building Stone Walls tells you all you need to know to build your own sturdy walls. Carefully detailed, clear drawings show the techniques to follow -- and how to avoid problems. Learn here about: - wall foundations - basic "one-over-two" method - chinking "in" or "out" - height-to-width formula - using lower-quality stone - building retaining walls - building in gates, fences, and stiles - moving stone, boulders. Excellent example photos show good and poor walls, while the author's lively text tells you how to build, step by step. Slopes, drainage problems, using rubble -- these challenges and more are thoroughly covered. Introduction Kinds of Stone Equipment Laying Out the Wall Above-Ground Building Ends & Corners Using Not-So-Good Stone Drainage Special Walls Wall Furniture Quarrying Mortar Maintenance Some Other Uses of Stone The Story of a Wall