Very nice! I grew up in New England, very happy you left the stacked stone wall on top of your new wall. These boundary lines are everywhere adding to the beauty and history of the area. You have managed to add your mark on history and added beauty! Well done!
Thanks! Yes I left as much as I could when the driveway was built, anything that was taken out was used to fix other sections of stone wall on the property. Can’t waste that old stone!
Great job James, something tells me this isn't your first stone wall. I see that you haven't poured a reinforced footing. Are you concerned about frost?
Definitely not my first! Most of the walls I built on the property are on ledge, so effectively a lot bigger and deeper than any concrete footing would be. The wall in this video is about ~130 feet long, and about 115 feet of it is right on ledge. In the few areas that I have built walls not on ledge I’ve just been using plenty of drainage, mostly French drains to carry it well away, and I try to make the base of the wall thicker than it is tall. I’ve got one that I used this strategy from 4 years ago and there no sign of movement, but time will tell!! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful project, congrats on finishing it! How many hours do you think you put into it/ how long did it take? Did you work on it after work/ weekends or full time?
Thank you! I worked on it just weekends and occasionally took a weekday off as well when the weather was really nice. The work shown in this video was late May to middle of September. I didn't keep tabs on my exact time but my rough guess would be about 150 hours of work in total. I would do about 8 to 10 hours of work a weekend on average.
Sure! The sono tubes that are built into the wall around the patio by the fireplace are there for a future pergola or potentially some type of covered roof. At the time I built it (and now) I wasn’t 100% sure how or if I wanted to cover the area. I thought it was be any easy way to future proof the area by having an area to secure structure to that went straight to below the frost line, that didn’t require me to try and attach anything to the wall. Hopefully that helps!
Pretty impressive free styling a wall to that standard and quality 👍
Thank you! Nothing like a simple string line to help keep everything straight!
Very nice! I grew up in New England, very happy you left the stacked stone wall on top of your new wall. These boundary lines are everywhere adding to the beauty and history of the area. You have managed to add your mark on history and added beauty! Well done!
Thanks! Yes I left as much as I could when the driveway was built, anything that was taken out was used to fix other sections of stone wall on the property. Can’t waste that old stone!
That is totally awesome great job man very impressed.
Thanks a bunch!
Beautiful stone wall
Thank you for the compliment and for watching!
Nice work. Good effort and looks fantastic. Thanks for posting the video of your efforts, we get motivated by your work.
Thanks for checking it out!
Yea i like this, going to do my wall like this. Awesome.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
The sheer determination!
Hahaha thanks! There were a few moments that I was questioning what I started, but it always feels good at the end of the day to see something made!
Beautiful work James !!!!
Thank you so much 😀
Nice project, nice property. Thanks for sharing
I appreciate you watching!
loveeee from whistler canada, nice work !!
Thank you!!
Well done, a lot of work!❤
Thanks!
Great job
Thank you!
Great job James, something tells me this isn't your first stone wall. I see that you haven't poured a reinforced footing. Are you concerned about frost?
Definitely not my first! Most of the walls I built on the property are on ledge, so effectively a lot bigger and deeper than any concrete footing would be. The wall in this video is about ~130 feet long, and about 115 feet of it is right on ledge. In the few areas that I have built walls not on ledge I’ve just been using plenty of drainage, mostly French drains to carry it well away, and I try to make the base of the wall thicker than it is tall. I’ve got one that I used this strategy from 4 years ago and there no sign of movement, but time will tell!! Thanks for watching!
Very nice!
Thanks for watching!
My talented husband🥰❤️ great work babe!💋
You’re the best!
Beautiful project, congrats on finishing it! How many hours do you think you put into it/ how long did it take? Did you work on it after work/ weekends or full time?
Thank you! I worked on it just weekends and occasionally took a weekday off as well when the weather was really nice. The work shown in this video was late May to middle of September. I didn't keep tabs on my exact time but my rough guess would be about 150 hours of work in total. I would do about 8 to 10 hours of work a weekend on average.
What do you use between the stones, lime grouting?
Sakrete type S mortar mix, it’s for brick and stone walls, good for above and below grade. Thanks for watching!
@@james.clinton will check what that is here in sweden, asked around before but got different answers so was a little confused.
Thanks!
Elaborate on the sono tubez please
Sure! The sono tubes that are built into the wall around the patio by the fireplace are there for a future pergola or potentially some type of covered roof. At the time I built it (and now) I wasn’t 100% sure how or if I wanted to cover the area. I thought it was be any easy way to future proof the area by having an area to secure structure to that went straight to below the frost line, that didn’t require me to try and attach anything to the wall. Hopefully that helps!
@@james.clinton hi yes i got that towards the end of the video.... Thnx
whats the cardboard for >? shade from sun ?
Exactly! I had a couple of very hot sunny days and I didn't want the sun to dry out the mortar to quickly
Awesome!
Thanks for watching it!
👍🇲🇦👌 MOROCIN ✌️
Wow! All the way from Morocco! Thanks for watching!
dreimal schwenken um den feuerplatz und es werden einfach nicht mehr "stuehle"..!!!!!!!
My German is terrible so I'll just say: Thanks for watching!