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Dry Stone Wall

16-11-2016 11:56PM

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Itsdacraic

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Any idea what a stone mason would roughly be charging these days to build a dry limestone wall ?
Would probably be about 15m long.

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#2 17-11-2016 04:23PM

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Approx 50-100 per m2 for labour only to build stone facade depends on a number of factors.

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#3 17-11-2016 07:05PM

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It will depend on the type of wall and height, amongst other things. The various types are covered in this doc from Donegal Co Co:
http://www.donegalcoco.ie/media/donegalcountyc/heritage/pdfs/A%20Field%20Guide%20to%20the%20Dry-Stone%20Walls%20of%20County%20Donegal.pdf

Without more detail its hard to estimate what the cost might be. The main thing is to get a waller who knows what he is doing, not a bricklayer who is willing to try his hand at drystone walling.

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