Building Stone Walls by John Vivian

Synopsis

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.

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Biography

Author John Vivian is a veteran practitioner of many country crafts. He has written The Manual of Practical Homesteading and Storey’s Building Stone Walls. John lives in Rutland, Vermont.