Building a Mortared Stone Wall with Local Stone - DIY Summer Project
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024
- This summers DIY project was building a mortared stone wall mirroring one I built on the other side of my driveway last summer. The work was done mostly on the weekends starting in May ending early October.
I wanted to widen my driveway and incorporate some existing ledge I have on my property into the wall. To start I used a hammer drill and a product called Dexpan to split the rock. Dexpan is a concrete/rock splitting compound that you mix with water and pour into a hole. It slowly expands over 24 to 48 hours breaking the rock. I did split some last year with feather and wedges and this was a much easier way to split the bigger pieces. I drilled holes in a line every 12” to break the ledge, and a 12” grid anywhere there was a section wider than 12”. In total I drilled a little of 200 holes over 8 weeks.
For stone I used a combination of the rock I broke up and stone I got locally, within a mile of my home, it’s a nice touch since it matches the old stone walls that exist on the property. For materials other than stone I used a Type S mortar mix which is for laying stone above or below-grade, and ¾ stone for drainage material, loam and woodchips I had on hand from other projects.
Tools I used were pretty basic:
-Hammer drill
-Water level - set grades
-String lines and plumb bobs
-Homemade rock screen - made from old wire fence and 2”x6”s.
-Tractor - not so basic but it could have been done without, it would have just taken a lot longer.
See Closed Captioning for some additional notes about the process during the video.
Excellent work!
Thank you! Cheers!
What quarry and where’s it located? Such beautiful stones. Great work!
@lfuentes4098 - All of the stone came from about a ¼ mile from my house, not from a quarry or masonry supply. There was some new construction that contractor cleared two small lots and I was fortunate enough to be able to buy about 120 yards of tailings relatively cheap, since they didn’t want to truck it. Tailings are essential what's left over after they screen the top soil trying to salvage the loam, it was a lot of rock, some roots and dirt. I separated it all with a home made rock screen and then washed it all by hand. Definitely time consuming but it allowed me to match the stone to all of the old stone walls on my property and in the neighborhood, the only thing I’ve got to do is figure out how to make it grow lichen faster for the old stone wall look!
@@james.clinton do you mind if I ask what area of the country do you live? Just curious. I’m in California. I mainly see lots of sandstone used in my area.
I heard if you take some lichen and blend it in a blender with water you can then spray it on your rock and it should help grow in the area. Should work for fungi as well.
I am in Massachusetts! Thanks for the suggestion I'll have to check it out!
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Thanks for checking out the video!
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