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08-11-2008, 05:23 PM
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Sample wall
A sample wall we're building for architects approval for and upcoming project. These guys are heavy!!
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08-11-2008, 06:29 PM
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Your work is pretty. 
The bore scars are a buzz kill though. 
Will they get cleaner stone for the real thing?
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08-11-2008, 06:58 PM
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Sample wall
That is really a rediculously small sample wall for all the different materials.
How in the world does the architect epect to get a range of the materials and workmanship.
Granted, it apparently is for a house, but I would be pushing the architect/project for approvals as I went along. It is far to easy to have a misunderstanding before you finally get the owners approval and get paid.
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08-12-2008, 07:33 PM
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stone is kinda ugly, but very nice dry stack work
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08-12-2008, 07:59 PM
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nice, i like it, the color is great
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08-12-2008, 07:59 PM
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I like the style, sans drill holes, but I can see why you would have to slush something like that. It looks like lots of beating them into submission as well. Still a nice look and great craftsmanship, maybe too good for a sample panel.
Take a pic down into the wall at the missing cap block for me, please.
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08-13-2008, 05:24 AM
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About the drill holes, some like them, some don't. I personally like them as they are a record of the history of the stone. Most of those holes were drilled 100 years ago in the quarry. These are all reject stones that have been sitting beside the quarry since then. It is a balancing act to mix large and small stones as well as in and out in a small wall. Far easier I think in a larger wall. This is much bigger than our normal sample walls though, 4'x11' as opposed to 4'x4'. Tscarborough, I'll take a picture down into the wall before I finish it off. Veneer thickness is 6" and 8".
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08-13-2008, 05:26 AM
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Oh yeah, it's not drystack style work. As requested, it has a full mortar joint raked back 3/4" or so.
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08-13-2008, 11:04 PM
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ok, technically not dry stack but with joints that tight still gives that appearance. looks good either way
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