Anyone into stone walling?

[Matthew Storrs]

what some cracking jobs do they have a comp for dry stone walling. do not have any stone in hampshire only hampshire diamonds for doing walls and thats a art as well

 

I'm not sure if they have competitions, not something iv looked into, it all depends on what your given and having to work with whatever stone you have to hand, so no different to hedge laying comps I suppose.

[codlasher]

That's really nice work!

I've done a bit of flint-work.

I've always gone with the 'if you pick it up you must lay it' method or you will be moving twice the tonnage if you put it down again!

codlasher

[Matthew Storrs]

That's really nice work!

I've done a bit of flint-work.

I've always gone with the 'if you pick it up you must lay it' method or you will be moving twice the tonnage if you put it down again!

codlasher

 

Ha ha, yes 'never touch the same stone twice' is always in the back of my mind, sometimes I get what I call wallers block, things seem to progress rather slow then you have a spurt where it flys up.

 

Flint work would be interesting to see....

[TGB]

... A chap near me does it pretty much day in day out and his work is incredible but I think he said he wouldn't mind never seeing a stone again!

I hope Dave Birkett and his cousin don't give it up. Because I'd like to see the 'Fairfeild Horseshoe' wall finished. Last time I saw him, he reckoned it was going well. Or maybe he was referring to the beer he was sharing with Bill.

[sloth]

How's this for stone walling? http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/04/16/the-postman-who-built-a-palace-made-of-pebbles/

[Woodworks]

How's this for stone walling? http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/04/16/the-postman-who-built-a-palace-made-of-pebbles/

 

Na that's rubbish Matts looks much better and stock proof

[Matthew Storrs]

How's this for stone walling? http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/04/16/the-postman-who-built-a-palace-made-of-pebbles/

 

30 years to build it! I take it he's not being paid by the meter:lol:

[Serendipity]

We have a trained stone Waller who works for us in Newcastle. He normally does the summer with us and winter building walls in Northumberland. Must be the coldest most fatiguing job ever. Cold stone, northerly winds and freezing weather. Hard as nails.

[Matthew Storrs]

Forgot about this thread- another little rebuild i did t'other day. using some nearby boulders to beef it up a bit! digger and grab is brilliant for this kind of stuff cos some of those stone are 1/2 ton each:thumbup1:

 

 

 

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

I love it! Hadn't seen this thread previously.