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stone face my house and fireplace

  • 07-08-2014 05:55PM
    #1
    duckcfc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 616 ✭✭✭


    I'm in the west and thinking of putting natural stone on front of my house, maybe the stick on stone or the natural stone. If I go with the natural stone I'll have to put a foundation in, rip footpath up then do again so was thinking the stick on would be best.

    I'm also thinking of building a dry stone wall at side boundary with no foundation (very hard ground) Its about 50m long and wondering how much stone I'd need. I'll be building this without a block wall in middle, maybe 8 inch to a ft wide.

    Now what stone to use, I've seen a mixture of houses all over the county done in brownish sand stone and a greenish colour. Where's best to get stone and what prices does it come in, is it per mtr, bag or lorry and how much


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  • #2
    crockholm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭crockholm


    Regarding your first question,much of it is a matter of taste,therefore,subjective.I personally would go with natural stone,because,imo, it looks much much better,can be done in a multitude of styles(depending on the tradesman)and it gets better looking with age unlike the moulded stuff.Also if natural stone spalls-cracks and falls off it wont detract from the overall look of the house unlike the stick om,imo.

    Secondly,unless the ground is bedrock,I would councel on a Foundation for your drystone-How high are you planning on building the wall? regardless,I would urge you not to build less than 300mm thickness at any height-even if you are using a flagstone.

    If you're going for a height of 1 metre approx,I would suggest a base of 450-600mm and batter(slope)it.


  • #3
    duckcfc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 616 ✭✭✭duckcfc


    crockholm wrote: »
    Regarding your first question,much of it is a matter of taste,therefore,subjective.I personally would go with natural stone,because,imo, it looks much much better,can be done in a multitude of styles(depending on the tradesman)and it gets better looking with age unlike the moulded stuff.Also if natural stone spalls-cracks and falls off it wont detract from the overall look of the house unlike the stick om,imo.

    Secondly,unless the ground is bedrock,I would councel on a Foundation for your drystone-How high are you planning on building the wall? regardless,I would urge you not to build less than 300mm thickness at any height-even if you are using a flagstone.

    If you're going for a height of 1 metre approx,I would suggest a base of 450-600mm and batter(slope)it.



    Think I'll go with the natural stone rather than the stick on because a few people have mentioned to me the same as you said above.

    I'll be doing the work myself and as for the foundation under the wall, I think I'll get away without it. I'm looking a rugged look so with it not having to look perfect, it won't matter if the wall moves abit. I've seen some walls built without founds on softer ground over a decade and the walls are still OK today.

    Where's best to get stone here in west and what type of money will I be looking at for the stone


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