First Stone Wall....

ruskent

Guys after 5 years in business I finally had to build a stone wall. Most of the walls I have built have been modular. Here are some pics of my first one. Be easy on me.

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genecarp

So FAR So Good, GMOD

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Jayrek

For your first wall you chose a good material. Looks fine. Just be careful when you backfill, that pile looks big.

EsotericMason

Looks pretty good. If that wall is meant to hold back that hillside though I would have battered the wall considerably. A battered wall can support considerably more than a plumb wall.

natural1

Stone work looks nice but being drystacked I would be skeptical about it holding back that slope.

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stacker

hate to tell you this,but you forgot your mud in the joints.
all kidding aside it looks very good.

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ruskent

I do have batter on the wall. As we go we are taking the big coulders we dug out and building a boulder wall behind it. So we have 4' of boulders and clean gravel behind the wall.

72chevy4x4

nice layout. How much prepwork do you have on each block-i.e. chipping, squareing face, etc..?

Diamond D.

yeah, that wall looks good & tight,( is it PA blue ?)But so does that stuff falling out of the hillside,that would make a nice wall...CARRY ON!


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JD3lta

I'm novice myself, In my opinion I'd go with the thicker cap stones.. Also It's a good rule of thumb to not concern yourself with the horiz joints.. The vertical joints need to be stopped more often then not, espec. with a drystack because of its structural integrity..

I really like that stone your using, in the first pic I thought it was bluestone..