grate work! I also want to build something out of stone ... and I am in the knowledge gathering phase ... and I am truly glad I've run intro you guys...
Always fun to work with natural stone. I've found that wetting all sides of the stone prior to applying mortar will insure a much stronger finished product, as the dry stone will draw the water out of the mortar.
Love the video! Thanks! (Phooey on Nay-sayers!_) I'm trying to learn how to build both dry stack and Dbl-Faced walls out of Lava stones on the Big Island. Pretty darn cool stuff! Thanks! - Ken in Hawaii - June 2017
3:00 laid it backwards and made a running joint....should've had the broken edge facing in....needed a through stone there really.....noticed you have no through stones.........and your verticle joints are too close.....thats where these walls crack if a tree grows near it.....splash out and get a rubber mallet for banging down your cap stones or they will crack inside. you are getting there ....look up "snecked stone"....or "snecked rubble walling"....it should help.
You don't level random rubble walling on the bed ( back to front ), you plumb the face. The wall looks ok but it would look better if no mortar was showing on the face, ( it should have been back bedded) then the wall would look as it was a dry stone wall. I would also have used an A frame so as to work to a line.
I see that it serves a purpose as a sitting wall, so I get it.dose look great but dry stack would have been fine if built proper.more pleasing to the eye, more skill involved and a bigger pay check.
stone man same thing I said You can use your ruler to make sure you keeping the walls plum or you can put up batter boards that straddle across the stone wall the way he's working it's more like a bricklayer and I know because I lay brick and set stone
Barry Kuz I said a lot of stone myself and I was not impressed they shouldn't be on CZcams showing people the wrong way to set stone that's just my opinion does the wall look professional yes it looks professional after it's done but put together with some crazy craftsmanship
Just two bad asses doin what they love to do great video fellas keep up the dam good work!!!!
grate work! I also want to build something out of stone ... and I am in the knowledge gathering phase ... and I am truly glad I've run intro you guys...
Sin prisa pero sin pausa
Bravo gays perfect
Great job and video. Bravo
Une jam mjeshter i gurit guri me pelqen se eshte i bukuri
The art of Stone Masonry.
Wow, really amazing! What a beautyfull wall! Congratulations from Romania!
Alexandru Dem Silvanu Hey man, thanks for checking it out and replying. ... all the way from Romania... got to love the internet!
Always fun to work with natural stone. I've found that wetting all sides of the stone prior to applying mortar will insure a much stronger finished product, as the dry stone will draw the water out of the mortar.
+Derek Fowler Depending on the stone it could cause bleeding aswell
+Derek Fowler Depending on the stone it could cause bleeding aswell
I am impress.
Nice job, real stone looks so much better.
oh btw if you use lime....use pelleted quicklime.....hcl......and learn about how hot it gets and how good it is compared to hydrated lime.
Love the video! Thanks! (Phooey on Nay-sayers!_) I'm trying to learn how to build both dry stack and Dbl-Faced walls out of Lava stones on the Big Island. Pretty darn cool stuff! Thanks! - Ken in Hawaii - June 2017
Thanks Ken. That wall still looks amazing and has had some tough winters with no problems. Best of luck on your project!
3:00 laid it backwards and made a running joint....should've had the broken edge facing in....needed a through stone there really.....noticed you have no through stones.........and your verticle joints are too close.....thats where these walls crack if a tree grows near it.....splash out and get a rubber mallet for banging down your cap stones or they will crack inside.
you are getting there ....look up "snecked stone"....or "snecked rubble walling"....it should help.
How to build a double faced stone wall,why ring "thinstone"?
You don't level random rubble walling on the bed ( back to front ), you plumb the face. The wall looks ok but it would look better if no mortar was showing on the face, ( it should have been back bedded) then the wall would look as it was a dry stone wall. I would also have used an A frame so as to work to a line.
Richard Jones not stone Masons but it came out ok if they making a living at it I'm not going to knock him
Better still if it was actually dry stacked, especially if built in an area where it freezes every winter.
bravo............
I see that it serves a purpose as a sitting wall, so I get it.dose look great but dry stack would have been fine if built proper.more pleasing to the eye, more skill involved and a bigger pay check.
S right Break those joints. No more than 3 stones fir bed or head joints... No boxes too ... 🪨
ok
what is the name of the gauge you are using for stone balancing. please answer
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You have to use your eyes à lot as a level or things take long
But the first work, ground, what ı Will see
good,ok
A level for stone work lol
stone man same thing I said
You can use your ruler to make sure you keeping the walls plum or you can put up batter boards that straddle across the stone wall the way he's working it's more like a bricklayer and I know because I lay brick and set stone
Ken Hofler I would hate to pay him by the hr lol
He's definatly milk dud ding lol
Ken Hofler I still respect him because he's one of us
stone man using a brick Hammer to cut stone that's just one thing using a level 2 level Stone never seen it before
Never seen anything like it. Rough as fuck
No skill in that.sorry.
Barry Kuz I said a lot of stone myself and I was not impressed they shouldn't be on CZcams showing people the wrong way to set stone that's just my opinion does the wall look professional yes it looks professional after it's done but put together with some crazy craftsmanship