HOW TO BUILD A 2.6M STONE ARCH - DIY BARN BUILD #19
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This is the big one - certainly in terms of ambition. I'm going to build the stone arch spanning the entrance to the barn.
FYI: Alex embarks on ambitious building projects. Whereas most builders rely on proven skills and experience, Alex prefers a potentially calamatous combination of optimism and youtube-based research.
I don't watch TV, scroll on social media, or watch many movies. I almost exclusively watch building, carpentry, woodworking, machining, and welding/fabricating videos on RUclips. This video is one of the best I've seen in a while. Cheers!
Thanks Mike - that really is appreciated!
Same.
What a wonderful arch. Looks. Great and I know how much work went in cheers.
I only recently started watching this channel, but I'm already addicted. Alex cracks me up! I watch several "builder" channels, but he's one of my favorites. His humor and perseverance are second to none. I was seriously laughing out loud in this episode when he used his "finger guns" to shoot the noisy plane out of the air that was interrupting his explanation. Keep up the good work, Alex! (Enjoying your channel from Madison, Wisconsin USA.)
Cheers mate - hope my Geman viewers enjoyed it 🤣
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Hi, it’s Rich from Toronto. Recently discovered your channel, and have just watched to here from the beginning. Looking forward to the remaining episodes, but so far this was my favourite. Excellent work on the arch. Well done.
This is the best example of "nothing to it but to do it" I've seen on the internet. Good shit mate!
Well said Jack! Cheers
It is a mental relief to listen to the English pronunciation. One can feel both the general education and the respect from the messenger in comparison with the American RUclips channels, which are constantly at grueling "macho-OCR-speed".
Nice work! The stones in the arch are not quoins, though. Quoins are the rustified corner stones on a building. The stones that form the arch are called voussoirs, with the keystone being the stone at the apex of the arch.
Hah! I'd say we are both correct James... I bought 'off the shelf' quoins from the stone supplier (I think this is the product I bought: www.blackmountainquarries.co.uk/products/traditional-facing-stone/facing-quoins/gloucester-green-facing-quoins/)...
So they are quoins, i.e. not meant for what I was doing however they were the correct length (300mm) for the thickness of my wall, so I bought them and cut them into shape (the taper in the video.)
So let's say I bought quoins and turned them into voussoirs?! BTW that's a great word, and in my next project starting next year I may use it and if so I'll do you a shout out!
Thanks for watching 😀
I like that the Keystone is just a bit over the arch as appropriate, Good job.
Washington DC, USA
Cheers Rob! Hope DC is treating you well 😀
For some reason the RUclips algorithm thought I'd like this - it was right! Great stuff! I'm building a small cabin on my property at the moment and seeing you do this inspires me to try a stone project next!
Go for it Scott! The only way to learn is to try...
As a "non experienced builder", you really did impress me in the first 2 minutes of the video.
But not the other 24mins 🤣🤣🤣
@@AlexBuildsUK haha
You can also measure that distance down from the edge of the sheet of plywood so your arch starts at the edge of the plywood instead of 253.6mm into the middle. Saves some plywood for other projects.
Should also use 6mm or 12mm plywood, two sheets with 2x4 between them along the arch, and a few to block in the bottom then push it up into place and brace it from the bottom. When done you just remove the supports and you can. Drop it out the bottom.
Beautiful work! What an incredible accomplishment to be able to do stonework of this caliber without experience!
Yes very pleased so far! 😀
Great job! Genuinely really look forward to these videos - I was worried there hadn't been an update for a while - looking forward to the next one. Keep up the sterling work! By the way, I reckon you mistook that 9 numbered stone for an upside down 6!
Thanks Ben very kind of you! Yes maybe it was a 6 although cock ups are the the most likely reason on Alex Builds!
Great work.
It's better to be to strong than not strong enough.
I'm looking forward to more videos.
That keystone was rather understated, as far as keystones go-- but it worked! Your meticulous calculations for all of this is quite impressive. I know I'm watching this 2 months later, but I look forward to the next few videos as they pop up. I sub'd and set the bell. (I know I can go to your YT site and find them, but I watch lots of other stuff, too).
Yes we got away with it! Thanks for subsribing (with the bell - nice!) and a new episode coming at the end of May 😀
EXCELLENT JOB !!! I have always wanted to build one like this.....except with out any concrete.
Bloody hell tell me about it... don't remember those concrete days with much fondness! 😀
Haha! You look like you're having fun. Cheers!
Most of the time 🤣
HAHAHA My 2007 Mini Cooper has been used like this countless times, sometimes with lumber up through the sky hatch 🤣😂🤣 Very Awesome video thank you!
They're good workers although as you might have seen sold it mid-episode! 😀
You are an inspiration! I'd love to have you as a guest on @MessyTimes to talk about your DIY journey. Really cool. Thanks.
Cheers to your tenacity and a job well done!
Cheers Vic. Tenacity or stupidity - one or the other!
Just watch the first one guys…. We’ll done can’t wait to see more😁👍👍
Thanks John - great to have you on board!
Great video, im always very excited when I see these pop up under my subscriptions! Looking forward to the next!
Cheers Chris - stonework finale coming in a few weeks
I'm a woodworker and regularly run into the problem of how to draw, or lay out an arc. I find it easier to just use the following formula to find the Radius of the Arc. From there you just draw a line perendicular to the distance between the widest part of your arc where the length of the line starting from the edge of your arc extends to the distance to the center of the circle (the radius that you calculated).
R=(h/2) + (w^2/8h)
R = Radius
h = hight of the arc
w = the width of the arc at its widest point
Very interesting - but you have to admit that blocklayer.com arch builder is a very useful resource..?
Here's the URL if you're interested: www.blocklayer.com/masonry-arch
(not that you need it 😀)
@@AlexBuildsUK When I first saw you trying to figure out the radius, the formula I use seemed like an easier way to do that. Over all I do think that that arc calculating tool is way better for what you were trying to do. It’s pretty cool how it even calculates the sizes of the bricks.
I have bookmarked the parent site because it has a crazy number of various calculators 🙂 Thanks for pointing this out to us.
Don’t forget to add these new videos to the playlist please.
Quite a professional stone mason of the cold weather region of US east, demonstrated the "storyboard" wooden riser *corners to allow for build as measure to mortar and the natural on going rise of laid product. That same concept, to your arch layout was very well thought out. I also really like the size of stone you managed (large) and the largest component as to truly long life of the finished work. I was a bit surprised you did not fully wet the stones as for mortar to adhere, but I understand some variable product type. And of course the natural shape as supporting by transfer of vertical down to the doorway *casement. Here the mass and large stone size an advantage to withstand that force over time.
The end use of dry fit to inspect preliminary was I think, an excellent practice. As at once predicted best mortar joint. That color of product I think as local to region source (sand).
Naturally, I am curious as to where upward build will meet roof structure and the achievement of where stone to wood is practical and as I have laid various wall and structure, some to my workshop entry, I think your critical design before layment is a factor to what I predict as an excellent and natural finish.
Here in the NW US, much of my shop as winter demands electric power and light which I install with protection to layment as to provide facial sourced outlet. Modern eve lighting a benefit to human movement and access as darkness. Protected as above from rainfall I suspect this work will outlast several generations. And that secures your work as well done.
Thanks Mark - great comments. Yes there are still some question marks as to how / where stone and wood will meet, and we'll find out soon enough! Thanks for watching.
Lovely work !
Use a chain between the opening and this will give you an arch that can be supported by its own weight. The chain test then copy it and reverse it upwards
I enjoyed this a lot. For never having done this before, I think you did a fine job.
In the event you have occasion to build another arch, here’s an idea for you. In place of that spoke system you used for your centering, would it be simpler to cut three, or even four semicircles of 1/2” plywood with blocks to separate them and then bend a sheet of 1/4” ply around the outside edge? It would be plenty strong enough and probably lighter weight, too.
just a comment.. when attaching the two by to the plywood, don't screw thru the two by to the ply, do the reverse, screw the ply to the two by. MUCH stronger. For better yet, use a screw with a head that isn't going to just pull thru the ply. Like a "Modified truss" head. MUCH stronger attachment. But congrats on your effort and determination. Experience is great, but if you don't try things you never will learn. Passion is just as important.
Very well said Paul - if I did it a second time would have learned a bit more!
hit the left arrow a few times at the verry beginning of the video. congrats youre a dj now.
Love it - Cheers Márk!
The '6' was upside down (to look like a '9'). That's all. 6,7,8..
yes I'm wondering the same thing - we'll never know!
Good job. seems like a lot of work though to make the wood form. I would have made to semi circles and put some thinner ply on the top curve to make a resting point for the stones..
I agree. There's a lot I'd have done differently second time around!
Nice work. I just made my first arch last week also. Lets hope it stays up.
My thoughts entirely!
really brilliant
Looks amazing! A lot of work! I think it would have been easier to use a catenary to trace out the shape of the arch instead of part of a circle and likely hold up under stress better.
Very impressve Sir. I thought you would use a center keystone . I alway assumed people did that in case they didn't get the math right and the last stone would be out of porportion with the rest of them, but you did an amazing job
Hah maybe they do - but that web based tool took the guesswork out of it!
It's looking good! Well done.
Cheers Chad, pleased with it!
Overbuilt is underrated.
Love it !
Thanks for watching!
Mij back doesn t allow this build, so I enjoy your build video's m any thnxs
Nor mine! Thanks for watching
To cut the angles, if not goof enough freehand, inexpensive table saw with a big diamond blade. For big blocks it wouldn't go all the way through, but great guide and probably snap with a clout
Well done! Beautiful.
Cheers Brian - the higher it gets the neater it looks!
Love your vids.
Cheers - appreciated!
@@AlexBuildsUK :-) Sorry my comment was so generic. But, seriously... (1) I'm so happy to see a person beautify the landscape with handsome architecture. It's so well matched, that is almost looks like it has been there for centuries. (2) Thanks for documenting it. Aside from being an inspiring educational video on how to do projects like this, it's a reminder of how hard our forebears worked to build up what we have today.
Thanks and of course all comments appreciated! Well it's been (mostly) fun to get this far and I also happen to think the stonework looks good! 👍
Alex, if ever you do this again. Just cut two arcs out of plywood and join them with a thin plywood plate on the upper side. Way easier and yields the same result.
With hindsight it was over-engineered but I was terrified it might collapse. Also I wanted to get in at the joints underneath, which again with hindsight wasn't really required... next time!
Amazing footage, why did this get all my attention? Dont know but i went full on zombie mode and absorbed the whole thing in one bite
I'm often the same when I stumble on these sites. I binge Mat Armstrong doing up crash damaged cars. Not sure why! www.youtube.com/@MatArmstrongbmx
Ya natural cut stone is going to be a problem when making anything precise as a arch. Very good job. Your building will last dam long time. That’s a timeless stone to build with. Cheers.
Let's hope so! Thanks Scooby
There's a much easier way. Use interlocking blocks. Create the blocks in a former using quick dry concrete with tongue and groove in every block then stack the arch
You may be right - I'm a DIYer who's making it up as he goes along!
Looks great!
Cheers!
That looks wonderful, good job. You should have the nick name, Archie
I'll happily take that Leslie!
Superb! Inspirational!
25mm ply is the thickest you can get, however it requires remortgaging in order to afford more than 1 sheet.
🤣 nothing's cheap anymore!
The spoke idea made the arch form way more complicated then it had to be
Always look forward to another of your videos turning up. I’d love to do something like this, but don’t have the space at home. However, I’d love to come over and help with the timber frame if you need a hand sometime. That’s assuming you haven’t already finished it!
Cheers Morgan - frame not up yet and have a couple of friends primed for lugging - but thanks for the offer!
Nice.
Thanks Thomas
Did Kenny Everett base his inept accident prone DIY er "Reg" on you ? Great vid by the way 😛😛😛🤣🤣
Ha! I remember that! Thanks for the comment
Nice thanks
Cheers 😀
Beautiful work, thank you for sharing, I wonder if an arch might have been medieval journeyman builders' final exam? Will you try a vaulted ceiling next? The key 20:20
Good question! 😀
Bravo!!!!
BRILLIANT
must be why you see keystones used ? Just start from both sides and measure the center remaining and cut a stone to fit?
You should of watched U-TUBE under the heading "Boveda" . Regardless job well done
I'll take a look Roger!
No Words
Good or bad?!
very nice
Cheers Mike!
That 9 then 7 issue - maybe you thought the 9 was a 6... 🤔
I like the wood arch can you leave it in?
Yeah I thought it looked good too!
You made it so dificuld for your self. You could have used two boards with spacers in between.
All very easy with hindsight - but learning on the job, and it was fun finding out!
Better to screw through the ply into the 2x
You know you can draw a perfect parabola with a piece of string, two nails and a pencil?
Good word 'parabola' 😀
instead of cutting every stone you could've just had tapering mortar joints,
Good point & I did think about that, I just didn't think it would look as good. Got there in the end!
excellent
Cheers Jameson!
Needs a key stone.
I know what you mean but it's still standing!
You really only need to know one thing to solve the side length at 4:15; just the mnemonic SOHCAHTOA
Oh yes - I think I remember that one from school 😀
Did you use bonding agent In the Cement?
Just sand + cement + lime 😀
I've built arches. Concerns,, you likely have done all the research already,, so this may be just blowing smoke. The ratios of arch height and span,, as opposed to the wall thickness. It looks a bit thin vs the total of the arch. The wing walls left and right, seem to equal or total less than the span, You do not have a huge load above,, not as if there were three stories above. But arches love to out thrust. Could you have done better with a pointed arch , Gothic ? The Gothic arch was invented to reduce the out thrust. The bricks of your arch seem a bit small on the radian dimension. Just thoughts and you have likely worked all the details already.
Well you may be right, I certainly hope it's ok! Most of my dimensions were based on looking at existing old barns and seem about the same...
@@AlexBuildsUK BTW For a first stonework, excellent. ( I have loved working stone, there is a mental zen about standing in the yard with a 2.5 pound jack and broad chisel, hour after hour, whacking away at a found piece of the planet,,,)
Not only can alaskans build it quicker they do not have to draw up such a design as you have and theirs is more better than what you are building
Thanks Roger! I accept you may have better building techniques but you do have Sarah Palin. There is balance in the world 😀
£ 2.6 million seams to be a bit steep…I know materials have gone up but that’s crazy
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Hi and thanks for watching
Is that the most complicated way ever to build an arch?
Quite possibly - that arch was a bit over engineered - but they are seriously heavy and it was very wide!
Oh gawd, trying to do any building work with a mini as transport? bro that's really doing life on hard mode 😸 I make do with an estate, but the number of times I wish I had a mate with a van... 😑
Well that turned out great, well done 🙂
Needs must! 😀
Thank you - appreciated 😀
Was it perhaps, 6, 7, 8 and not 9, 7, 8
Yes I have thought that too a couple of times - we'll never know - but got away with it!
That's a beautful arch. Now build one without mortar, like the Romans did...
Now that's a challenge!
that was a 6 not a 9. it was upside down.
I think you might be right! 😀
how much does all this cost please ?
2 x deliveries of stone about £3.3K each, quoins were £2.1K, and probably £500 for the sand and mortar. So just over £9K...
@@AlexBuildsUK Thanks Alex , that's very helpful . Have been looking for a house with a big barn or workshop but they are thin on the ground so I am thinking of buying a house and building one . I also have limited building skills but am not daft . love you videos .Thanks for uploading them , all the best
Go for it, what can possibly go wrong?!
nice accept you need a keystone!
Seemed to work! 😀
Arhces dont need keystones
What did the delivery cost 10,000 lol
LOL! A lot!
Funny how people still try to emulate casey neistat style, without the videography style..
Hi xl. That's funny you say that, I did used to watch Casey and maybe you're right, maybe I have subconsciously picked up some tricks - I think you mean the big bold words that appear one in a while?! Thanks for watching 😀
Yer knickers are to high
We couldn't see no arse crack at all!
Seems like hardest way of making stone arch i have come across. All that timber support could have done 100 times faster and easier.
I'm a DIY'er learning on the job and making mistakes Sami - that's the point of the channel 😜
Rude comment. He stated several times that had never done this before and that he didn’t know what he was doing. Fine. At least he did it. How many arches have you built?
Native Alaskans can build an arch for their igloos faster every day than you can build for one building in months.
Forse è ora che cambi mestiere
Actually that is a half decent job.