Building a stone wall

A small stone wall feature being built to protect a garden tap where the pipe was coming out of the wall. No music on this one, just me building the stone feature from start to finish.

[@fiskrond9212]

Music is a distraction to those trying to learn.. 👍

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Totally right there!

[@ryansvlogsandvideos953]

Going be great job mate 👍😊

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Thanks Ryan, this was on my own house so it’s been a job I should have done ages ago 🤣

[@ryansvlogsandvideos953]

@@SamDaviesBuilder 😂 your so welcome dude always the way like when do find the time we all being there 😂😂😂

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

@@ryansvlogsandvideos953 yep home jobs are always the last!

[@MarcusT86]

Absolutely stunning work buddy as always. Love these natural stone wall projects.

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

@@MarcusT86 thanks Marcus, I’ll try to keep them coming!

[@MarcusT86]

Coming back to this buddy, how do you know when it's time to rake the mortar back a little and brush it smooth like you do in the vid? Is there a certain "tell" when the mortar is ready?

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

So with the mix I was using in this video that was a bit better than usual as it was hot, I had to wait until it had gone, slightly crumbly in the joints, so it would compress a bit more when I tooled it off.
If I was in the winter and using a drier mix then sometimes I would be able to point within an hour of laying a stone. It is quite a difficult one to explain but basically you want it to dry enough that it can’t smudge all the stones too much.
Hope this explanation was ok!

[@MarcusT86]

@@SamDaviesBuilder it was buddy, thank you!

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

@@MarcusT86 tidy. I’m doing another stone wall at the moment too match into an existing one so will put a video up when it’s done. Just a Time-lapse on this one though

[@MarcusT86]

@@SamDaviesBuilder no worries buddy thank you!