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.
If stone is your material, then this is the book for you.
