For most of you there is no significance but this is for Matt . These stones come from a quarry a few hundred meters from my house. I specifically said i want "blockish" shaped stones and I got some. Maybe 1/2 will be used for fill for foundations. Below are two examples of what I was after. I have some stone on my property under the topsoil, but it is roundish.
What I am looking at is an alternative way to build walls in homes, and specifically low income houses with brick vaulted roofs.
Not certain if we are ready to make a dry stone wall. Dry Stone walls are built without any mortar. That is the eventual goal, but we start slow. We will build as if dry but will put cement mortar.
I was pretty excited and got better stone than i expected. It cost $65 for 5m square delivered. I can cut and split the stone .
Another load comes today.
Holy smokes..SCORE!! Erik, that is some good looking stone from the pictures, and it would be a great material to learn to build a wall. Flat stone is the easiest to build with too. You have to get those chisels now!
ReplyDeleteAnd $65 for 5 sq m is ridiculously cheap!!
I thought this might excite you.
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