PREVIEW...CD-ROM and SUBSCRIPTIONS

LANDSCAPING...WALLS.

PLEASE NOTE...SOME OF THE WORDS IN THESE PREVIEW BOXES
HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM THE ORIGINAL TEXT ON THE CD-ROM. AND ARE SHOWN LIKE THIS...XXXXXXXXXXXX.

ALSO NOTE THAT MOST OF THE PICTURES ARE NOT IN THE SAME SEQUENCE AS THEY APPEAR ON THE CD-ROM. AND IN MOST CASES THEY DO NOT RELATE TO EACH OTHER IN THESE PREVIEWS.

The wall we are about to build here will weigh in at over 70 tons, including the stone and the mortar holding it together.
Although that weight XXXXXXXXXX, a section of just one yard will have to support one ton of weight.
So the foundation has to be XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
Otherwise the wall slowly sinks and cracks will appear, which get wider and wider...until the wall falls over!

As I've said all through this Publication...XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX should be...it depends on rainfall, freezing and how XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, and how heavy the wall is.

Lastly, never lift anything unless you are used to heavy lifting...again if you are unsure, seek local advice. Small rocks aren't heavy, but rocks like these in the foreground are.

Building natural stone walls are easier because XXXXXXXXX of stone are XXXXXXXX and therefore if you go a bit wrong it won't be noticed so much.
But even a wall like this will take some practice. The trick is to find XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
If the stone you use is of different thicknesses, first you need to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
Study this wall and you'll see how it's done. In some places two stones have been laid next to one stone. In other words two stones together make up the same thickness as the one next to them.
Walls are built in layers...these layers are called "courses".
There are three main ways of building natural stone walls.
XXX, which means the stones XXXXXXX themselves...but that's another XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX..."drystone walling".
Then there are walls that are XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX with 6 to 1 mortar...which XXXXXXXXX...and lastly there are walls that are held together with XXXX between the stones instead of XXXXX.

Even though, with this method, you use more XXXXX to XXX, the mortar soon mellows with the stone and you focus on the stone.

Note from Paul Dyer...this is the actual wall referred to in the first image, now nearly finished.

Again you can create a flat top by using a string line or a spirit level. Levels though will be fairly rough if you're using very irregular rocks or stones.

It's easier to keep to levels under control if you use XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX stones.

Although this looks the same, it's actually held together with earth!
Full details in the next chapter.