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Posted by kim5010 z7 soMD (My Page) on Sat, Apr 17, 04 at 23:28
| Just finished putting dry stacked stone walls around the small trees and large flower beds in the backyard. Bought 3 pallets (9,000 lbs) of PA fieldstone and still have some left over. We thought it was going to be a bigger job than it turned out to be. We definitely feel that the "bang for your buck" factor is worth it when it comes to natural stone walls. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Stacked stone walls
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| Gorgeous pics. That type of stone fits so well with those big established trees and the colonial(?) house. Very nice. |
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| It looks beautiful! I'd love to do something like that. By "dry stacked," do you mean you just placed one on top of another, with nothing holding them together? Susan |
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| Susan, yes ... PA field stone is relatively flat, heavy stone, so it stacks really nicely as long as you don't get above 4 stones high. Depending on the size of the stones you can make some fairly impressive walls without any cement or mortar. |
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| Thanks, Kim. I have an old farmhouse and lots of native stone just like that. I'm psyched!! (Of course, I might not be quite so psyched after an afternoon of carrying heavy rocks.) I assume you just place them on the grass to start...or perhaps you used something underneath to block the weeds? Now I know why my neighbor sells his rocks. I see trucks loaded up with pallet after pallet going down the road. I'd rather use mine and keep them here. Susan |
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| Susan, I just shoveled off the first 2 inches of soil before placing the first row of stones. Plus by digging out an inch or so I found it easier to follow a curving design rather than have to make them all straight. Have fun, take your time, and it will look great when you are done! Kim |
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Kim,
Bravo! This is ecactly what I intend to do. Never done anything in this area but read about it. How did you figure how much material you needed? Obviously you start with the largest on the bottom but did you have to break stones as you went up? I figure it's much like a big jigsaw puzzle! Do you worry about washout on either side of the wall at the base? Sorry about so many questions...
Dale Patricia |
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| Dale, the place that we bought our stone from had a little thing that said how big, thick, and tall of a wall the pallet of stone would make. I'll have to look for it and post it here for you. We bought 3 pallets and had PLENTY of stone. The pallets had a mixture of all sizes stone on it so we didn't have to break any stone at all. We also hand picked our 3 pallets, we chose ones with a mixture of colors stones and ones with lichen already growing on them. The walls all look like they have been here forever. It was a really fun project to do. While your sitting there stacking stones you actually can tell where the next stone is going to fit. "The Zen of Stone Laying" LOL!! We haven't had any problem with run off even with all the rain we've been getting. Like I said before, I just scraped off about an inch or 2 of soil before putting the stones down and they all stay in palce well. Occasionally we bump one off the tops with the lawnmower or something but you just pick it up and put it back into its space. Have fun, it was rather relaxing. |
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