Building Stone Walls

A beautiful stone wall...yours with just a rock pile, a few tools, and this book! Building Stone Walls tells you all you need to know to build your own sturdy walls. Carefully detailed, clear drawings show the techniques to follow -- and how to avoid problems. Learn here about: -- wall foundations -- basic "one-over-two" method -- chinking "in" or "out" -- height-to-width formula -- using lower quality stone -- building retaining walls -- building in gates, fences, and stiles -- moving stone, boulders. Excellent example photos show good and poor walls, while the author's lively text tells you how to build, step-by-step. Slopes, drainage problems, using rubble -- these challenges and more are thoroughly covered. If stone is your material, then this is the book for you.Vivian, John is the author of 'Building Stone Walls' with ISBN 9780882660745 and ISBN 0882660748.