how to build a dry stone wall

ponddigger · 18-05-2011 12:21AM #1

hi some photos on how to build a dry stone wall, ponddigger:p

ponddigger · 18-05-2011 12:24AM

dry stone wall:p

ponddigger · 18-05-2011 12:25AM

dry stone wall:eek:

ronaldo84 · 18-05-2011 01:06AM

easier said than done!! do you do this for a living?? looks good

Alun · 18-05-2011 10:01AM

A nice stone wall, indeed, but a traditional dry stone wall it certainly ain't

ponddigger · 18-05-2011 04:50PM

hi alun, never said it was a traditional stone wall just to show people on this site that this type of dry stone is fairley easy to build ponddigger:p ronaldo84, this is what i learnt on a dry stone wall course:)

brendankelly · 18-05-2011 10:02PM

It is not a traditional dry stone wall. It is not a dry stone wall and it is definitely not how a dry stone wall should be built. It is a disgrace that people are been thought that this is how this work should be done.

gman2k · 18-05-2011 10:05PM

Why are you building the wall on top of a plank?
Is this just a temporary wall for illustrative purposes?

ponddigger · 18-05-2011 10:15PM

hi all .this is the way dry stone is done on most houses and entrance in ireland.this is only a sample, that is why it is built on a plank,never said it was a tradational dry stone wall :eek: ponddigger

shamrock55 · 18-05-2011 10:20PM

dear god ive been doing this for a living for last 10 years and this is one of the worst stone walls i have ever seen and ive seen some bad ones:eek:

shamrock55 · 18-05-2011 10:21PM

ponddigger wrote: »

hi alun, never said it was a traditional stone wall just to show people on this site that this type of dry stone is fairley easy to build ponddigger:p ronaldo84, this is what i learnt on a dry stone wall course:)

id go get my money back from that course sharpish!!

ponddigger · 18-05-2011 10:31PM

hi shamrick 55 will you post a few photos on how to do one right ponddigger:)

ponddigger · 19-05-2011 09:20PM

hi ,finished my first dry stone to day. 4in block at the back,with 5 in stone on outside ,this is what the people wanted. ponddigger:D ps got paid ,stone course well worth the money

ronn · 19-05-2011 09:40PM

Fair play to ya pond digger, looks great to me,,, Where did you do the course and was it expensive,, have you any info about it, id love to have a go a that,:D

R P McMurphy · 19-05-2011 09:56PM

ronn wrote: »

Fair play to ya pond digger, looks great to me,,, Where did you do the course and was it expensive,, have you any info about it, id love to have a go a that,:D

Best instruction available and worth every cent Irish Stone Walls by Patrick McAfee (ps I am not him)

littlemis · 19-05-2011 10:23PM

okay,while I appriciate and admire the work,and the photo's,Can anyone give me a run down on how to do it with just a lot of stones &rocks in my garden..I dont have blocks and don't want to buy any.....can you tell me what amount of materials i use and how i mix etc..I do not know what it means mix 1 part to x part,so please explain in simple terms...can I build the wall straight onto the earth?I would really like to use all these rocks & stones to divide the gardens up into sections to make it look tidier.Thank you in advance....

brendankelly · 19-05-2011 10:34PM

You priced a job ( to build a dry stone wall). Did that crap and put out your hand for money and got it. Was it a sawn off or an ak 47 you used???

ponddigger · 19-05-2011 11:18PM

hi here is photos of the tools i used on my first dry stone entrance:D hi ronn pm me for imfo. hi bk needs must payed the bills this week.

ponddigger

ponddigger · 19-05-2011 11:35PM

hi littlemis. get back to you tomorrow night.

ponddigger

the spout · 19-05-2011 11:57PM

hi new here like the thread will be a stone wall.likethe one in photos .i have plenty of ouestions yours jim

nophd08 · 19-05-2011 11:59PM

Regardless of whether or not its the correct method of building, remember this is a DIY forum and fair play to ponddigger for taking the time and effort of posting photo's and info even when being slated by other posters.
Maybe brendankelly and shamrock will post some of their work so we can decide for ourselves, also someone even suggesting that building on a plank was the finished product............:rolleyes: I think we can see the real plank.;)

littlemis · 20-05-2011 12:09AM

Personally I think & this is just my opinion,that if someone is prepared to offer their advice & expertise to all of us who haven't a clue of what we are ment to do, but would like to cut down on the cost of jobs,by tackling them ourselves,then they should not be crucified by the so called experts out their..Each to their own.It would be a sad forum and world if we all conformed like robots..:)

JabbaTheHut · 20-05-2011 09:12AM

It looks really well to me, but I'm not an expert. What's wrong with ponddiggers wall? Can you point out where it's so bad, brendankelly?

I think you did a great job, ponddigger. And fair play to ya for putting up the pics

ponddigger · 20-05-2011 10:52AM

hi littlemis here is a book about stone work.the art and craft of stonework by david reed pm me and i send the book on to you:D ponddigger ps thanks lads for the nice words

the spout · 20-05-2011 08:53PM

hi ponddigger nice work.if you weregoing to build stone on the 2 sides of the wall,what way would you go about it ,cheers jim or bob the builder

ponddigger · 20-05-2011 10:16PM

hi the spout.the way the man showed us on the course was 4 in block in the middle and 5 in stone on each sides,this saves a lot of stone ,and is easery to build:D ponddigger

the spout · 20-05-2011 11:07PM

hi ponddigger.thanks.what do you useto tie the stone to the the 4in block jim

brendankelly · 20-05-2011 11:42PM

It is a sad day for stone masons when someone can claim to be an apprentice of Patrick Mcfee (a respected stone mason) and built this instead of a dry stone wall. This wall is a block wall faced with stone not a dry stone wall.

Nobhd08
I have a video of my work on u tube since 08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrSpX8LF0Lw&feature=watch_response. The video shows the home owner, project manager etc exactly how each coat should be applied and with correct application the finish will be free of cracks and mould.

R P McMurphy · 21-05-2011 09:27AM

brendankelly wrote: »

It is a sad day for stone masons when someone can claim to be an apprentice of Patrick Mcfee (a respected stone mason) and built this instead of a dry stone wall. This wall is a block wall faced with stone not a dry stone wall.

Nobhd08
I have a video of my work on u tube since 08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrSpX8LF0Lw&feature=watch_response. The video shows the home owner, project manager etc exactly how each coat should be applied and with correct application the finish will be free of cracks and mould.

He did not claim to be an apprentice of Patrick McAfee, I said that here is excellent instruction available in McAfee's 'Irish Stone Walls' and that it was worth every cent. I think you could be a bit more constructive in your comments even if they are to be critical and leave the snide ones out

ponddigger · 21-05-2011 12:32PM

hi bill a roll of expanded metal cut in strips ,put into the blocks when you are laying them:Dponddigger ps hi bk i am not a app stone mason to the man you said .do not know the man.saw video of your work in 2002,no stonework on video

ponddigger · 21-05-2011 01:13PM

hi this is what we done on the 2 day on the stone course:D ponddigger ps camera broke did not get photos of finished round pier ,hope you enjoy

how to build a dry stone wall

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