How to build a Dry Stone Wall. Part 1: Laying the Foundation.

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

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  • @kirkthibault3204
    @kirkthibault3204 Год назад +11

    The rainbow in the sky at the end of the video… icing on the cake.

  • @Dragbike900
    @Dragbike900 4 месяца назад +4

    Working with bare hands, no gloves and no safety glasses on the eyes rocking that rock like crazy!
    amazing! ✨👍🏻

    • @Dragbike900
      @Dragbike900 4 месяца назад +1

      I’m doing right now a 70 foot length 2 foot high 16 inches wide drywall. On my property I have a farmers old rock dump in my backyard. From when this was a cow grazing field, but now has a home on it I went to the quarry yard where they were charging close to $400 a pallet of Pennsylvania flat Fieldstone, I rocked out about 5 pallets in my backyard getting busted granites and fieldstones with a shovel and a yard tractor and a trailer on back. Save myself about $2000 worth of rock. By humping it out of my backyard.

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 месяца назад +1

      Nice, well worth the effort. Those stone yard guys in the states are just ripping you off. I was once working in maine and we used riprap stone at $15/ton instead of the $400 pallets. Just crazy what they are charging .

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 месяца назад +1

      Got to toughen my eyes up somehow.

  • @joshuaheathcote2116
    @joshuaheathcote2116 4 месяца назад +6

    You're clearly a professional no only in building walls, but teaching, as well a demonstrating. I was particularly impressed with the camera set up, so that it perfectly demonstrated the lining up of the string.

  • @wesleysept6536
    @wesleysept6536 Год назад +74

    I have experience doing professional " Stone masonry", and yes I am a brick layer. More correctly, I was a brick layer, and I don't know it all. I'm hoping to learn some productive lessons, and skills. Thank you for all your efforts in building these videos. With love, and respect. Wes Sept

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад +7

      Thanks for your comment and wise words. None of us know it all. Doing a trade is a lifelong learning journey . Hopefully these videos get people interested in the craft and they will find as much enjoyment in stonework as I do.

    • @jamesfyffe2610
      @jamesfyffe2610 Год назад

      It’s a line, not a string 😁 SUNY Delhi masonry construction 1983.

    • @JediShilts
      @JediShilts Год назад +1

      Best tip I ever got...Just stay on task

    • @JediShilts
      @JediShilts Год назад +1

      ​@LOYALTOTHEFOIL.I took a Masonry Vocational and we actually did both bricks for walls and rocks for fireplaces and entryways

    • @andybasnight91
      @andybasnight91 Год назад +3

      Stone is an excellent craft to learn. I’m 42 years in Brick masonry. However I learned stone about 25 years ago from a friend. It has paid off big for me because when the brick and block slow up the stone seems to be there in a tighter economy. And stone is not hard to learn. Hope you the best.

  • @UtilemUnus
    @UtilemUnus Год назад +8

    I'm subscribing not just because it was a good video that I enjoyed but on principle of the fact that you should have way more subscribers!
    Thanks for the vid

  • @accident123W
    @accident123W 21 день назад +2

    WOW. Today I learned how to properly use a string.

  • @billsitter8278
    @billsitter8278 Год назад +4

    Great video for the basics with string & shaping the foundation stones. Also good tip about not carrying more than you have to.

  • @Winterfell1066
    @Winterfell1066 Год назад +10

    Super helpful. Best wishes from Mississippi.We have to pay a lot for stone here. We have mostly swamps and mud in the winter, but a nice stone wall sticks out in a good way. Only northern MS has much natural stone. My Grandad's house in Starkville, MS was built of Tishomingo Stone with some really nice pecky cypress paneling on the inside.

  • @djcr_91
    @djcr_91 Год назад +19

    Just had my first go at drystone walling in my front driveway, using Derbyshire gritstone. This video was super helpful, so thanks very much! Really enjoyed the process and I’m pretty pleased with the result so far. Slow progress for me, but feels great to try and learn a new skill! Enjoying the videos, it’s great to watch artists at work!

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад +4

      Nice one! I love a bit of that Derbyshire gritstone. It usually works quite well with the hammer. No need to go fast if you're just doing you own job , enjoy the process!

  • @NathanHarrison7
    @NathanHarrison7 Год назад +3

    There’s nothing more that I would love then a stone wall on my property. But the time and cost is incredible.

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад +3

      If you can get a fast waller you might be able to afford your wall! lots of productive wallers in the UK.

  • @Vanbulance89
    @Vanbulance89 Год назад +2

    Enjoyed the video. That rainbow at the was certainly perfect timing!

  • @DEFENDERNZ
    @DEFENDERNZ Год назад +29

    A drag rake saves your back and can slide, spin and even flip rocks without having to bend over. A pitchfork is equally handy for picking up smaller rocks and waste. You can "grade" rocks/stones for use as fill as well. I love tools!

    • @johnwayne3085
      @johnwayne3085 10 месяцев назад +2

      I'm surrounded by them daily.

    • @kansasadventure1831
      @kansasadventure1831 7 месяцев назад

      You're not from my area then lol. Around where I'm from they use people and avoid using any tools for the people. I started using equipment and tools and worked circles around them lol

    • @wpjohn91
      @wpjohn91 6 месяцев назад +1

      Tool is also a word for a plonker. So i feel there was some missed humour

    • @jwm6314
      @jwm6314 3 месяца назад

      Plonker. Taking that one, putting it in my pocket for later. Friends will be sick of it in a week.

  • @PatrickWillcox
    @PatrickWillcox Год назад +2

    Auspicious rainbow at the end. Keep ‘em coming!

  • @chocalatekid8024
    @chocalatekid8024 Год назад +2

    So fun to watch the instant progress....when you know how hard someone is workimg!👏👏👏

  • @stuntmonkey6969
    @stuntmonkey6969 9 месяцев назад +4

    What a lovely start to my day, can't wait for more. I don't build walls (but would love to) but I do build mountain bike features so love using stone :)

  • @JeffHill-ig9os
    @JeffHill-ig9os 6 месяцев назад +2

    That’s a great instructional video - thanks for taking the time to do it !

  • @barrygreen3926
    @barrygreen3926 8 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these vids....really good.

  • @Endeavor545
    @Endeavor545 Год назад +2

    Stacked rock walls are so cool!

  • @DrQupax
    @DrQupax 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks so much. I have a few walls to build in my garden, I saw a chap in Marsden huddersfield building a wall last year and he had done a perfect job. Cant wait to do mine.

  • @Kelsdoggy
    @Kelsdoggy Год назад +4

    Absolute art.
    So impressive.

  • @frankbarciakiii4697
    @frankbarciakiii4697 Год назад +4

    It has always been a dream of mine to build with stone and have no idea what i'm doing. Turned to youtube and found you. Slowing down to say thanks and will give it a shot in the USA

  • @chrissgraniteparadise2656
    @chrissgraniteparadise2656 8 месяцев назад

    I LOVE your explanation of the internal strength of the wall, and also the use of thicknesses to eventually achieve level on a slope. The material in my projects is sawn slab, but many of the principles are the same. I also like the timelapse interludes where you work. I have really enjoyed that technique in a video. Thanks!

  • @andjuju6476
    @andjuju6476 Год назад +2

    Great skill to have, keep the knowledge alive.

  • @ServiDem
    @ServiDem Год назад +1

    Such a beautyfull rainbow at the background💕 thank you for sharing your knowledge.

  • @paulreynolds9003
    @paulreynolds9003 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks that was very helpful. I’ve got an acre field with my house and tried some repair work on the dry stone wall and it was rubbish.

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@paulreynolds9003 you'll have cracked it by the time you've walled round your acre then! Good luck with it.

  • @northdevonpictures826
    @northdevonpictures826 Год назад +2

    Useful video for beginners, thanks very much. A friend needs a 3ft dry wall and step, down from the river bank at the bottom of her garden. Am sure this video will be useful 👍Cheers.

  • @cbriangilbert1978
    @cbriangilbert1978 Год назад +15

    Seems the hard part is setting up the lines and finding the angle of the stakes...need a video on that now! Thank you!

    • @iandanger883
      @iandanger883 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@somehillyvuiygoodHow is that the hardest part?

  • @goodmantruth8185
    @goodmantruth8185 Год назад

    Thank you very much!!! It is a very helpful video. I wish you all the best in life, health, happiness & peace.

  • @gregrot
    @gregrot 2 года назад +18

    Nice vid mate, very informative. I've often wondered, how the dry stone walls you see going up mountains, in North Wales were built. Must have been proper graft.

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 года назад +9

      Yeah its amazing when you see those walls going up massive slopes in Wales and up in the Lakes. I'll do a video at some point showing the technique of walling uphill. Hard to get your head around at first.
      Hard graft for sure. 🪨🪨

    • @bridgets7794
      @bridgets7794 Год назад +2

      @@drystone-tv Thanks so much for the bloody real instructionals, Bert & Lydia! I've learned so much and really enjoy the relaxed pace of your lessons. It's a privilege to learn from your dad as well. I loved seeing the three of you all working on the same wall in another of your videos. That was really moving. Also, it would be great to see an uphill walling video. I can't find anything about it online, only on retaining walls, so you'd get all the amateur waller traffic. Cheers and many thanks from Nova Scotia!

  • @f.demascio1857
    @f.demascio1857 Год назад +1

    Good video.
    I bought the leftovers from a slate stone wall build. Wanting to build around a flower bed in the yard.
    I appreciate your guidance.

  • @bedigeneyingu1692
    @bedigeneyingu1692 Год назад +3

    I guess you could build a stone house too on the same principles but morttared? I am very glad I found your video. Very informative. Thanks a million.

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад +2

      Yes exactly. Lots of houses in the world are built with solid stone walls and a lime/earth mortar.

  • @patrickodonnell4109
    @patrickodonnell4109 Год назад +3

    Respect to you, sir. Beautiful craftsmanship. 🪨

  • @DavidWaeldervideo
    @DavidWaeldervideo Год назад

    That was awesome . Thank you

  • @Koalab3
    @Koalab3 Год назад +1

    Thaks for sharing. I'm from Brazil and we dont have to much information here about wall/house stones.

  • @KarasCyborg
    @KarasCyborg 5 месяцев назад

    You work efficiently, chiseling the rock and using the chippings as fill. Wish I had that kind of stone you have, I just have bowling ball granite. Hard to work with.

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Месяц назад

      rounded granite is tricky, I've done a bit with that kind of stuff and tend not to work the stone at all. Just spend my time thinking and working out how to fit them without needing to change the stones. It makes it a real puzzle.

  • @philtucker1224
    @philtucker1224 Год назад

    Thank you. I can already feel that heavy stability beginning. Looking forward to e2.

  • @drumsneeze1724
    @drumsneeze1724 8 месяцев назад

    So helpful for my wildlife garden project, thank you! Better get back to it and put my learning into action...

  • @liamredmill9134
    @liamredmill9134 Год назад +1

    I would walk the line with a sledge hammer,evening out every inch of compression level .this was interesting and relaxing on a Saturday morning,thanks

  • @mikevolante7663
    @mikevolante7663 2 дня назад +1

    Convicts should be made to repair all broken walls

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  День назад

      That would be a problem for my business 😅

  • @bubbaluv6487
    @bubbaluv6487 Год назад +2

    can you do one on how to chip those stones to size nicely like that?

  • @grahamhiggins1816
    @grahamhiggins1816 Год назад +2

    What type of stone is that?

  • @cobbdan
    @cobbdan 2 года назад +5

    Great advice - looking forward ti the rest of the project!

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 года назад +1

      Cheers! If there's anything you'd like to hear about in particular let me know and I'll see if I can cover it in a video at some point. Cheers for watching! 👍

  • @freeforester1717
    @freeforester1717 Год назад

    You’re a true British Hero!

  • @sbennettyt
    @sbennettyt 6 месяцев назад

    Cool! I always wondered what the inside of a stone wall looks like. About what I expected.

  • @soniawoolley366
    @soniawoolley366 Год назад

    Thanks - good easy to listen explanation ...

  • @SeanGildea77
    @SeanGildea77 Год назад

    Great video!! Keep making more!!! Liked

  • @patriciamcintosh8799
    @patriciamcintosh8799 10 месяцев назад

    Keep the video's coming, I am very interested 💞🇨🇦💞🇨🇦💞🇨🇦

  • @alanblyde8502
    @alanblyde8502 Год назад

    Thanks for the info mate, one of my to do lists in the future 👌🇦🇺

  • @AnInterestedObserver
    @AnInterestedObserver Год назад +1

    Fascinating. Thanks for making this video.

  • @capthappy345
    @capthappy345 Год назад

    Excellent!! Only lift what U have 2. B economical! I regret not listening when I was young!

  • @arwedgroen
    @arwedgroen 7 месяцев назад

    Aloha ❤ from Germany. Thanks for sharing your know how 😍🙏

  • @ericscottstevens
    @ericscottstevens Год назад

    I live in a limestone region. Not the greatest rock for longevity as layers can start to shed due to weathering. But really that is all I have to use and lots of freebies come out of the ground over the years and I use a truckers cheater bar to pry them out.
    I dry stack, it is like a puzzle and get good results. Hardly hammer any as I can fit angles together well.
    So far 5 walls, one large fire pit from freebies coming out of the ground.
    Stacking is fun but the older you get the more aches begin..

  • @worrylessnless6222
    @worrylessnless6222 7 месяцев назад +2

    Those chips definitely serve a purpose, and never just thrown. Its purpose is to secure the big rocks further

  • @CoulterStoneMasonry
    @CoulterStoneMasonry 9 месяцев назад

    Those rocks make a wall much easier to build! I’ve used mostly irregular stones for my double faced dry stack walls here in NewEngland.

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  9 месяцев назад +1

      These slabs are perfect for walling for sure but irregular stuff is great to wall too! Just a different mindset but the same rules apply; length in, follow the internal shapes, stones meet in height at the joints. The difference is you don't need to lay them in level courses you can go a bit wavy to account for the shapiness!

    • @CoulterStoneMasonry
      @CoulterStoneMasonry 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@drystone-tv you’re right, I think the waviness is what I like about the irregular stones. Your work is awesome!

  • @johnlong123long
    @johnlong123long 2 года назад +4

    awesome vid and clear instruction. can you do a quick vid on how to pick topping stones?

  • @leightond4.3.5.9
    @leightond4.3.5.9 Год назад +2

    thankyou for your advice greatly appreciated, I'm currently learning about stone masonry just saving up for my tools and stone, could i recommend making a video on the different types of tools and how to use them

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад +3

      Yeah thats a good idea for a video! I'd recommended getting something like an estwing brick hammer for a start they're about £35 so reasonably affordable.

  • @tuckt6180
    @tuckt6180 4 месяца назад

    Great work !

  • @ILLEQUIPPED-cr2vq
    @ILLEQUIPPED-cr2vq 5 месяцев назад

    What kind of changes to the foundation would you make for a heavier load bearing structure? exg, two story home with 2nd floor bath tub, kitchen ect.
    Will it still be a standard extra 6 inch wide foundation, and just dug deeper to more solid bedrock? It would be cool to see a video for stone home foundation. Awesome videos!

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Месяц назад

      That is something I will think about and get back to you on! For a house foundation I would mortar it but where I am there is no freeze thaw cycle so I don't know how that changes things.

  • @ryanhandful
    @ryanhandful Год назад

    Great video. Can you tell me how many metres its possible to get down in a day? Thanks

  • @benirvine-y7p
    @benirvine-y7p Год назад

    Great video. Wondering how you'd lay the foundations uphill?

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад +3

      What you do is cut a trench that is like a set of steps into the hillside and lay the foundation up that. If i get the opportunity on a wall like that I'll do a video.

  • @frazerrennie1340
    @frazerrennie1340 Год назад

    Great video. Cheers

  • @annebarr9314
    @annebarr9314 Год назад +1

    Great accent. Great video.

  • @idropbars
    @idropbars Год назад

    Great video!

  • @bomma2694
    @bomma2694 Год назад

    Thanks for the lesson! I definitely feel I learned something there ! 👌

  • @WastedElephant
    @WastedElephant Год назад

    I have never done any stonework, but one general thing about being economical with your energy that I have noticed is to use your bodyweight to move things when possible instead of using your muscles.

  • @arthurgentz2
    @arthurgentz2 Год назад +13

    I absolutely appreciate the lack of music through out the video. Sometimes creators really only add music to the video because they think that is "how it's supposed to be done, it's gotta have music in there". But very few deliberately add a piece of music to make for a rather more soothing, easier viewing experience. If you aren't adding music to make for less abrasive viewing, then quite possibly you've added music that makes it more abrasive. Keep it up.

  • @yoiyomismo
    @yoiyomismo Год назад

    Amazing work, thank you for sharing!

  • @jakesink77
    @jakesink77 Год назад +1

    Thank yoy for putting out this content

  • @boywonder6659
    @boywonder6659 7 месяцев назад

    I could watch the speeded up footage all day long.

  • @Ijustdontwantmynamepublic159
    @Ijustdontwantmynamepublic159 Год назад +1

    Amazing, thank you man

  • @adamgrim911
    @adamgrim911 6 месяцев назад

    Do u have a frost line u have to hit or not cause u have not used cement

  • @robhi3518
    @robhi3518 Год назад

    Hey mate, very pleasant to watch. Give your doggy a hug from me. We are about to start building a stone sauna...we gonna try to make the roof in a dome shape. I am absolute beginner and i got the pleasure to do our project with one of the most well known gentleman here in the area. He said that he never did a dome shape roof...so challenge is definitely on. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Greetings.

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад +1

      That is certainly an ambitious build and I've done a dome before so could do a video on it to explain the process!

  • @SamClemens-n9q
    @SamClemens-n9q 5 месяцев назад +1

    What kind of stone is that and how much does it cost?

    • @OH_Outdoorsman
      @OH_Outdoorsman 4 месяца назад

      Limestone 300 a ton

    • @mayachico9766
      @mayachico9766 4 месяца назад

      300 bucks?​@@OH_Outdoorsman

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Месяц назад

      This is gritstone from a local farm and cost £40 a ton.

  • @Knightrider4086
    @Knightrider4086 Год назад +1

    Fantastic!

  • @bagmszsolarenerji4029
    @bagmszsolarenerji4029 Год назад

    Great videos

  • @alicemarshall7695
    @alicemarshall7695 9 месяцев назад

    What tool are you using to trim the stones please? Can you send the name on please.

  • @florinmarginean4540
    @florinmarginean4540 Месяц назад

    Hi. So there is no need to bury the stones underground in laying the foundation? Thanks!

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Месяц назад

      Not necessarily no. You just need to dig the soft ground off the top and find something more solid to build off either subsoil or clay or stony ground.

  • @ezerikdaswahreleben2715
    @ezerikdaswahreleben2715 Год назад +1

    Awesome, thx

  • @dprdoran
    @dprdoran Год назад

    If you are building a foundation for a building with dry stack stones, would you need to make the first course below the frostline? Would you ever need to start below grade for a wall or is heaving not really an issue for walls?

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад

      Yes absolutely, you'll need to go below the frostline if you're building for a house or something. Frost heave does affect dry stone walls which is why most of the original new England dry stone walls are totally collapsed

  • @pranotostb
    @pranotostb 2 года назад +2

    Good informasiont ilmu pondasi

  • @khuliswazimase3569
    @khuliswazimase3569 7 дней назад

    So you don't have to dig a deep foundation even if your wall will be tall?
    Planning to build in a rocky mountain hence I want to use the stones from there

  • @dantheman9135
    @dantheman9135 Год назад +1

    ThankQ

  • @EntreePotato
    @EntreePotato Год назад

    What kind of tool are you using to chip the rock? Is it a regular hammer?

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад +1

      it's a Riley 4lb Northern Walling Hammer

    • @EntreePotato
      @EntreePotato Год назад

      @@drystone-tv thanks and great video.

  • @1gr8lpta
    @1gr8lpta 9 месяцев назад

    Good video

  • @wpjohn91
    @wpjohn91 5 месяцев назад

    With regards to gettin it straight at the begining. Couldnt you us a plumb line hung off the string?

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Месяц назад

      trouble is the wall isn't plumb, it's battered so plumb lines don't help all that much.

  • @johnlong123long
    @johnlong123long 2 года назад +2

    any chance of doing some work in limestone?

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 года назад +4

      Aye, I've a wall to do in Derbyshire for my cousin that would be a good demo in limestone.

    • @johnlong123long
      @johnlong123long 2 года назад +1

      @@drystone-tv good stuff. will look out for it. cheers

  • @calgacusofcaledonia
    @calgacusofcaledonia Год назад

    Nice 👍

  • @mehboobshaikh285
    @mehboobshaikh285 Год назад +1

    Nice one

  • @joshrea6554
    @joshrea6554 2 года назад +2

    Will there be a part 2 coming soon? 😬

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 года назад +5

      I've filmed the first half of part two. It's going to be a long video with lots of information so it's taking a bit of putting together. Should be up later this month. Cheers!

    • @joshrea6554
      @joshrea6554 2 года назад +1

      @@drystone-tv looking forward to it 😊

  • @BrijeshBisht-q3m
    @BrijeshBisht-q3m Год назад

    Please sir make video of second third course of wall with irregular shape of stone how to make it and how to adjust with stone

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад

      Yeah ill do that! I think I'll have time in September to do some more videos

  • @hunts318
    @hunts318 Год назад +1

    I'm not sure I understand, what keeps a stone wall such as this, built on surface grade, from frost heaving every season?

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад +1

      That is a good observation! Where I live we don't get frost heave. We get a couple of shallow frosts every winter of about 6" but nothing to seriously effect the walls. Where there is a problem with frost it's a good idea to dig down and put some gravel down. Whatever the local builders recommend really! 👌

  • @CoulterStoneMasonry
    @CoulterStoneMasonry 9 месяцев назад

    We start the wall build 6 inches down, below the frost line. Is this part of the foundation not necessary?

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  9 месяцев назад

      It is, I'm just showing how to lay the stones. I'm building on a compacted stone base here and didn't fancy digging it up!

    • @CoulterStoneMasonry
      @CoulterStoneMasonry 9 месяцев назад

      @@drystone-tv I’d be curious to see how you do those.

  • @MaxSafeheaD
    @MaxSafeheaD Год назад

    What kind of hammer are you using?

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад

      This is a Riley 4lb northern style walling hammer

  • @augustinep6193
    @augustinep6193 Год назад +1

    Good.

  • @TreetoBeam
    @TreetoBeam 2 года назад

    Thanks for posting this. Can't wait to see other videos!

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 года назад

      Coming soon, just on holiday at the mo.

  • @deedaw9246
    @deedaw9246 Год назад

    what type of stone is/can be used

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  Год назад

      All geological stone types can be used. Generally speaking most dry stone walls are built with what Quarrys call 'overburden' This is the rougher material that is found just under the surface and can't be used for much else.

  • @larss337
    @larss337 Год назад +2

    Very good video. I learned a lot about stone walls. I had no idea that the fill was larger stones hammered in place and that small stones added no strength.
    I am a bit worried that you don't use safety goggles, but maybe that was just for the vid. Anyways, cheers mate, good on y'a 😊👍

  • @MrMaxKeane
    @MrMaxKeane Год назад

    Are you from Leeds?

  • @nickyraimouth
    @nickyraimouth 2 года назад +1

    Nice video . I work in landscaping and am looking at getting into Drystone walling also. Do you find there is alot of demand and if so is it mainly farmers that want it doing ?

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 года назад +4

      It depends where you are located but I started professionally in 2014 and have never been short of work. I mainly work in gardens for private clients or landscapers. Occasionally I will work for a farmer but where I am there is not that much Farm walling. In the national parks there are grants for the field walls so there is much more work available.

    • @nickyraimouth
      @nickyraimouth 2 года назад

      @@drystone-tv cheers thats good info. I'm Leeds based and happy to travel for bigger jobs if they're in nice places. I look into the national park side of jobs . What's the kind of rate people tend to charge ? I've seen it anywhere upto 200 for a metre squared (both sides)

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 года назад

      @nickyraimouth hmm, that's a very difficult question to answer as it depends on a few factors. Namely, what quality are you building the wall at and how wallable is the stone you are using. I would say that £200 a meter is expensive because you should be aiming to build 2 meters a day at a minimum. If you're just starting you might not hit that target but that's what you should aim for.
      For my top quality work I charge £120/130 a meter. I have worked up in the dales for £40 a meter but because of the situation I was able to put up 6 meters.

    • @drystone-tv
      @drystone-tv  2 года назад +1

      @@nickyraimouth just make sure to always charge extra for prep work and tidying up .

    • @nickyraimouth
      @nickyraimouth 2 года назад

      @@drystone-tv cheers thats given me a bit more of a guide line to have a think about . Would you ever need an occasional labourer? I'm planning on doing the lantra course in Derbyshire whenever the next one is but been thinking would be good to work with someone every now and again that's doing it for a living to pick up some tricks

  • @BodhichittaBodhisattva-km9gk
    @BodhichittaBodhisattva-km9gk 8 месяцев назад

    4:53 cool timelapse