Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Dry stack retaining wall

Retaining wall for new driveway. First major drystack attempt. Stones came from hole 30 meters away. Hole is for water tank.


Back filling on the road. Needs to come up another meter.

5 comments:

  1. I am embarrassed that I have not noticed this post Erik. Though it's no excuse, I had given up the idea you would use stone for building. Awesome!! And the wall looks great...keep up the good work!

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    1. Matt thanks for commenting. I ask you be more critical, like do i have to much horizontal lines. You can do it here or email.

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    2. Horizontal lines are not a problem at all. If you notice, coursed walls with similar sized stone are bedded continuously with un-broken horizontal planes. I do see a couple running joints, that is something to keep an eye on....a dry wall needs friction to work with gravity, so a long vertical joint will be a weak spot should there be any movement or rearward pressure. Think one over two, two over one...like brickwork. It doesn't always work with units like stone...it's a basic guideline. Try to put the length of the stone into the wall too. For you first wall, I think it is great.

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  2. Looks good Erik. Looks like a tough stone to work with dry...it would even be tough to work with mortar.

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    1. Thanks. We built a higher longer one the past two weeks will post soon. It is a bit tough stone to work with, but it was cheap. $30/ 5 cubic meters.

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