Re: Dry-stack walls on the DSP&P

Posted by Jeff Young on
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We put in dry stone walls around our conservatory (which also previously sloped down like SouthPark’s example).  It’s surprisingly easy: neither of us had ever done it before.

The steps immediately to the right of the wheelbarrow are original, while the steps to the far left in the picture are reclaimed stonework from other buildings.

On 23 Oct 2019, at 05:29, South Park [via C&Sng Discussion Forum] <[hidden email]> wrote:

  I do a lot of historic preservation work, including stone foundations and walls.
What are your questions ?

  One of my projects:



  This one took three years to quarry the lichen-covered rocks and set them.  The
1908 steps were broken and crumbled.  Originally the lawn sloped to the sidewalk,
so the curved retaining walls, columns and balls were a new idea.  The whole premise
of the work was to make it look like it had been there since the house was built.

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