Introduction to Dry-Stack Stone
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2021
- Not all stone walls are created equally. Bryce Hollingsworth from New England and Martin Beevers from Old England share their passion for a craft that stands on its own.
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I grew up around kingston Springs in Pegram. Went to Harpeth Middle there and my family attended the little Baptist church by the high school in the 90s and early 2000s
Best video I've seen, explaining the craft, I'm a dry stone waller in Scotland, been doing it for 30 years
The vale has been lifted. The mystery is revieled. I now will begin learning to make a dry stone wall. Thanks fellas.
There are only a few of us in the world... Beautiful work guys! God bless all Stone Masons...
I have built a few in my yard after seeing them in Scotland and Ireland. All dry hung like the old ways. Love them!
Thank you for your post.
I admire your dedication and skill to this trade. I live in Ct and unfortunately as the farmers sell their land to developers the New England farmers traditional stone walls are being removed make way for Mac Mansions subdivisions These original walls are being replaced by cultured fake stone walls using cinder blocks and mortar. It looks very nice but isn’t going to last the test of time. Basically it’s “bling” to sell the house.
Keep up the good work.
Good info. This is a timely vid for me as I’ve been doing UA-cam research on Dry stone walling as I’m about to build one myself. Cheers
This is so interesting I would love to see more things like this in the future!
When I was growing up in Connecticut, we stacked up stones in walls as a place to put them. Mostly they are setting on solid bedrock, no dirt under them. Flagstone topping them protected from ice damage and kids walking on top kicking stones off.
So informative... thanks so much!
Just found your channel a few days ago. You do a great job filming and explaining.
Awesome video! Thank you for sharing the tradition and knowledge.
Thank you for watching!
Appreciate the passion exploration the option of stacked stone here in Poland. I stumbled acrossed a dry stack wall or two in North Carolina,always figured stack wall means at some point was a farm field cleared of stones.
Man you guys are putting out some great content lately!
Thank you!
Informative video, I have no issues with certifications but licensing just gives the state more power it doesn't need.
Can’t speak for the other fellows, but I agree 100%. No issue with private accreditation systems though.
If some body or animal bush the Dry stone wall is it collapsed?
Wow! I would love to see dry stacked stone walls any day compared to a bobwire or cattle wire fence...awesome! I would love to see coping fencing in America as well...would love to see all the old privet hedges that grow all over our fences in alabama turned into coping fences. I hope I am saying that right. Lol. There is so much craftsmanship people have lost because its all about progress. Its sad...these things should even be taught to children in school. I love working with my hands. Its the greatest feeling to know you have made something beautiful with the hands God has given us. Loved this video. God bless
Agreed! Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas!
I'm ten minutes in and no one has acknowledged the tiny cowboy.
Very interesting subject. Those two sounded knowledgeable and the points they touched on made sense structurally, very interesting sir. Great video, keep up the good work
Thank you! Bryce and Martin are top of their game.
Formation you guys are giving it's very important cuz I was originally come from Pennsylvania and they did the overlap stones for the foundations of their housing in the back in the days when they were building houses they stacked on top of each other for the foundation to build on and that's what they had no-one put motor in they did it and it was great foundations and they held up today if you go back and you in the back of the hills you can still see the house but today you can see it all right where they were standing house is gone but there's a stack rocks on the foundation
In and around Upper Arlington outside Columbus Ohio there are literally miles upon miles of this pattern of walls. Dublin Ohio is nearby and they might have originated there and spread to the outlying communities. Scioto country club where the golden bear used to play is surrounded by these walls.
Great video. It makes me want to start stacking some of the rocks around my property. I've got rock walls around... maybe I should stack them properly some day.
Dude I WISH I had old walls! You totally should!
@@AxeAndAnvil I don't think any of these were ever dry stacked. Most of the walls around here were just piled up, probably as they were dug out of the fields. The dry stack looks nice though. A lot of the rocks around here seem to be more roundish, I wonder how well they can be dry stacked. Seems more like a flat stone thing.
I would love to do the same. I have a ton of stacked rock, but most are big and heavy.
@@GreasyLuckForgeI’ve seen some really great drystack with round and egg shaped river rock. It takes a lot of patience and fitting, and probably at least one more course thick.
This is new to me and I thought I researched everything about wall building. Lol
Does this construction method also work fine when it’s retaining earth? Or is this only for standalone walls?
Nice talk and demo on the construction details. What about the freeze and heaving action from winter? Is there a recommended footing or practice to help with that?
Thanks! I believe it varies with the job, region, ground type, and craftsman. Everything from poured concrete footings to packed gravel to just scraping off the top few inches of topsoil and building up from there.
Question if anyone knows: How long should a dry stack wall last? I imagine it matters a lot on use, age, and location. But he says they are all the time mending them in the UK. Are those just the walls that are hundreds or thousands of years old? I only ask because I was thinking about putting a drystack wall for part of an off grid cabin.
Blake, that is a good question- and it all depends on how well the wall is made, how good the stone is, and what the ground is like that it’s built on. Done right, it oughtta be good for a hundred years at least. There are plenty of dry stacked structures around that are many centuries old.
When I was growing up, dry stacked rock fences were all over my part of Texas. Then, they were being bought and taken down and sold for building with. Tee posts were cheaper and it's just rock. I that was ignorant 40 yrs ago and now here in north central Texas there's no such thing as country. Californians, million dollar homes security cams and 10 ft, mine all mine fences have replaced it.
Great video, what can a certified installer charge for doing this type of work professionaly?
Thanks! In America, there’s no set rates for dry walling and very little competition. Build a good reputation and charge whatever makes it worth it. Every good waller I know of doesn’t lack for work, and every decent businessperson knows you should charge whatever makes the work worthwhile. As demand for your services goes up, so can the price.
The big dude is wondering if he's being pranked.
I would have a platform built a couple feet off the ground and pile the stone along it. Then just swing them into shape. Bending up and down over and over is the reason for the six-pack abs I guess. And future arthritis too.
Laziness
Typical
This technique seems highly dependent on having rock of a certain type. I am trying to adapt this for where I live where the rocks are of a much greater variety of shape and size.
Actually, while variation in the rock definitely does demand adaptation, you’d be shocked how good a wall these guys can build with roundish or irregular stone. If you’re on Instagram, get on Bryce’s account and look back through it.
Can you only build that high?
No
So let me get this right? I would have to go through the Stone Trust to get a certification, even though my Stepfather taught me how to starting at 14 yrs. Old how to properly dry stack stone walls? He learned from his father which learned from his father which came over from Scotland where he was a mason. OK really? It is dieing off in the USA because no one wants to pay for a wall that could last 500 years. They would rather pay more money for something that might last 5-10 years if they are lucky. Just saying. Oh and this was in Virginia and we did restoration work on George Washington's and Old town Manassas.
1. That is incredibly cool that you have that heritage of many generations of masons in your family!
2. No one is saying you HAVE to get certified, but the program is a good one for those that DON’T have the heritage and training you do.
3. It is truly sad how many people don’t value real, lasting craftsmanship- but it is also really cool just how many people do. I know of quite a handful of wallers and other dry stone masons in the US that do it full time and don’t lack for work.
@@AxeAndAnvil Sorry if my comment made me come off the wrong way. Texting is not like having a conversation. I see the value and benefit in the school and certification.
A guy at work has many dry stack retaining walls on his property here in western PA. He messed up and messed with one, and now needs repaired. That being said it wasn't built right by the old farmer back in the day. He was looking at replacing with versa block until he found out the cost.
I asked him why not just tear it down and repair it? He had never even considered it. Then he said" I have no idea how and some stones are to heavy".
I told him get a sledge hammer, and if he supplied the labor, then I would supply the knowledge and teach him. We shall see. He was talking about how long it would take. Lol I told him if he had started when it hapoened he'd already been done already.
Hate to say it but people are just lazy nowadays generally speaking.
We're going to reintroduce the trade of dry stone wall building in the USA. Gen Z "Rocks are heavy uunnhhh"
There are still good kids that love hard work. The are a minority, sure- but let’s focus on encouraging them.
I am curious why one would need to pack a pistol to go make a video about dry stack walls????????
For the protection of innocent people from violent crime. Same reason we have armed police- except they are usually late to the scene. Not likely to ever need the pistol, but if I do I’d rather have it than not.
I’m tired already
It’s good for you! 😂
Staged
Excuse me? It’s a teaching site, pretty sure that is stated in the video. These walls are built by students and instructors, then they’re torn down and started again. They weren’t staged fof the video.