I find dry stone walls fascinating, to my mind their construction is a wonderful skill and when they are complete they to me are a thing of beauty as well as being very practical.
Beyaz Ay Are you high? Every peoples have an ancient era. Some are forgotten because of Empires but every surviving people have an ancient era. Come on...common sense.
@Dnsnajsjz Cıxırjskdl On the other hand, the British do have a selection of vowels, which, I'm sure you appreciate Dnsnajsjz, helps with pronunciation.
Good to see i've been doing it right in my garden. My foundation was made from a mix of ash, coal, sand and kitty litter. Compacted amazingly well with the litter acting as a binder.
Thanking for posting this. I have this on dvd. Well needed to help educate he public. I'd like to place this on my blog if thats ok. Paul was my examiner for DSAW level 1. Great guy!
It’s all very well seeing them being repaired from existing stones but, how where they built in the first place? Where did the original builder find such flat regularly shaped rocks? Did he/she quarry them , find them lying around or buy them in?Or man made geo-polymer?
Hi Taj - most stones were found and removed from the fields that the walls form the perimeter of. The stone used in the video is a level bedded sandstone, which is easily shaped as it is quite soft and gives nice ‘blocks’ to work with. Whinstone or granite are very difficult to shape and build with as they are a much harder stone. You build with whatever stone is in your geographical area...
With the 1,2,3 ratio for the vertical batter rise, 1= 12 inches, 2= 24 inches, then 3= 36 inches and you go up 6 inches vertical and out 1 inch. This is a ratio of 1:6. The dimension on the sloping wall is only 36.5 inches. How did you figure a batter ratio of 1:8?
Hi Robert - sorry for the delay in answering. The frost line does not really affect dry stone construction, as the stones can move very slightly and 'breath' a little if water freezes on or around them. In other walls where concrete is used, frost is a problem as it can shatter the bond. The only time frost is an issue with dry stone construction is if the stones have been lifted from a water course before use and are saturated - they will then split under a heavy frost.
Have had problems with frost local sandstone walls cracking crumbling, We have local barns foundations that have held up for over 150 years using the same stone not sure what I am doing wrong. Feral pigs digging under wall to get at silage. will have to rebuild walls and make bacon.
Robert Haavind Well, I'm not sure about how to fix it, but if I had to hazard a guess, I might know why the sandstone is cracking in the winter. As +tigersharkmultimedia mentioned, saturated stones crack or split under a heavy frost. Sandstone, by its nature, is very water absorbent. Because of this, it'll be quick to soak up any groundwater or melted snow. Not sure what that seemingly useless information will do for you, but I hope it might help. Although, the black material you see landscapers using to waterproof things comes to mind.
+iamhole Hi there - a good dyker should manage about 4 yards a day, using level bedded stone to a height of 4' 6". This would have no 'features' built in to it and be done on level ground.
Ha-ha! The DVD can be bought from www.dswa.org.uk/books-dvds.asp Out of interest, here is a rough edit of my father (Irwin Campbell) building stage 2 & 3 of a Broch project in Strathyre, Scotland - ua-cam.com/video/nJKLgQxI9QY/v-deo.html
You work with the stones in your area! If it is nice, level bedded sandstone, then yes, they are easier to work with. Granite is a tricky stone for drystone walling - difficult to shape and definitely not level bedded!
On just three small Scottish isle's, where there was not enough people to manage livestock and they struggled to live daily. There is over 2.5 million tons of stone used to build walls ........ Our history is a lie.
This is the beauty of the internet. A Turkish guy from Turkey is learning the ancient British method of building a dry wall! Thanks for your effort.
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Une femme française de France aussi !
Excellent work.... I am a stonemason and I also rebuild very old stone walls. Greetings from a stonemason, from Barcelona.
I find dry stone walls fascinating, to my mind their construction is a wonderful skill and when they are complete they to me are a thing of beauty as well as being very practical.
I love the instructor! He’s talking fast and clear as he throws big heavy stones around. I wanna be like him when my hair is white!
Ancient British knowledge being passed on in a clear and informative way. Great video. Thanks.
Beyaz Ay Are you high? Every peoples have an ancient era. Some are forgotten because of Empires but every surviving people have an ancient era. Come on...common sense.
@Dnsnajsjz Cıxırjskdl On the other hand, the British do have a selection of vowels, which, I'm sure you appreciate Dnsnajsjz, helps with pronunciation.
Exceptional. Edited and to-the-point. Thank you.
Wow great work. Perfect video with great clarity to spread the knowledge without hiding anything.
Respect and love from south India
Good to see i've been doing it right in my garden. My foundation was made from a mix of ash, coal, sand and kitty litter. Compacted amazingly well with the litter acting as a binder.
Top notch video! Nothing better than the sound of stone!
must be nice to have such pretty perfectly rectangular stones.
Lego Bricks
Must be nice to have stones
Yes, i’m rebuilding a wall that fell down in the 50s, half of the stones are buried.
Mine are super hard blue cobbles but the walls still stand from hundreds of years back
exactly, at my farm we have all sorts of shapes, however square stones can still be tricky buggers to make flat
This was not what I was expecting when I looked up “Walling Demonstration” but I’m glad I found it
What were you expecting?
@@DrOmegaBattleSphere they may have been looking for drywalling demonstrations.
Respect to the people who do this, I really wouldn't have the attention span, or the patience!
All of the walls I have built have fallen over, thank you this will help a lot.
Nice well explained video about Stone Walling.
Thanks, Pieter!
It's amazing just how much rock you really need to build a wall!
Thanking for posting this. I have this on dvd. Well needed to help educate he public. I'd like to place this on my blog if thats ok. Paul was my examiner for DSAW level 1. Great guy!
It’s all very well seeing them being repaired from existing stones but, how where they built in the first place? Where did the original builder find such flat regularly shaped rocks? Did he/she quarry them , find them lying around or buy them in?Or man made geo-polymer?
Hi Taj - most stones were found and removed from the fields that the walls form the perimeter of. The stone used in the video is a level bedded sandstone, which is easily shaped as it is quite soft and gives nice ‘blocks’ to work with. Whinstone or granite are very difficult to shape and build with as they are a much harder stone. You build with whatever stone is in your geographical area...
Tigershark ...thank for the info👍🏼
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With the 1,2,3 ratio for the vertical batter rise, 1= 12 inches, 2= 24 inches, then 3= 36 inches and you go up 6 inches vertical and out 1 inch. This is a ratio of 1:6. The dimension on the sloping wall is only 36.5 inches. How did you figure a batter ratio of 1:8?
Are you from Devon? great video, hard to find decent information on our local dry stone walls!
Good vid. Nice when you've got slab stones like that. Different story with boulders. How many fingers have you broken ? :)
Yip - level bedded sandstone does make things easier!
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1:40 what the haytch is a digital video disc?
hey my father was friends with chunky rossman, he was a top builder from keswick area circia 1944,
how necessary are throughstones if the wall is only 18"-24" in height?
Great vid Thanks!
Can I use this to construct my medeival house?
All my life i've heard "tear down the wall." Now I kind of want a wall.
Walls are good
Mexicans will pay for all global walls..
how do you deal with problems like the frost line?
Hi Robert - sorry for the delay in answering. The frost line does not really affect dry stone construction, as the stones can move very slightly and 'breath' a little if water freezes on or around them. In other walls where concrete is used, frost is a problem as it can shatter the bond. The only time frost is an issue with dry stone construction is if the stones have been lifted from a water course before use and are saturated - they will then split under a heavy frost.
Have had problems with frost local sandstone walls cracking crumbling, We have local barns foundations that have held up for over 150 years using the same stone not sure what I am doing wrong. Feral pigs digging under wall to get at silage. will have to rebuild walls and make bacon.
Robert Haavind Well, I'm not sure about how to fix it, but if I had to hazard a guess, I might know why the sandstone is cracking in the winter. As +tigersharkmultimedia mentioned, saturated stones crack or split under a heavy frost. Sandstone, by its nature, is very water absorbent. Because of this, it'll be quick to soak up any groundwater or melted snow.
Not sure what that seemingly useless information will do for you, but I hope it might help. Although, the black material you see landscapers using to waterproof things comes to mind.
How can i get this dvd?
‘The Essential Guide to Dry Stone Walling’ is available at www.dswa.org.uk/books-dvds/
Pure gold😁
how many yards a day can a decent craftsman do?
+iamhole Hi there - a good dyker should manage about 4 yards a day, using level bedded stone to a height of 4' 6". This would have no 'features' built in to it and be done on level ground.
2 metre tops.
7 years without a follow up video? What the Flagstone! Come on lad, show us that wall being build!
Ha-ha! The DVD can be bought from www.dswa.org.uk/books-dvds.asp
Out of interest, here is a rough edit of my father (Irwin Campbell) building stage 2 & 3 of a Broch project in Strathyre, Scotland - ua-cam.com/video/nJKLgQxI9QY/v-deo.html
Is your dvd formated to play in the usa, thanks
I'm afraid not - but it WILL work on laptops, Macs or PCs anywhere in the world!
Easy build perfect shaped stones
You work with the stones in your area! If it is nice, level bedded sandstone, then yes, they are easier to work with. Granite is a tricky stone for drystone walling - difficult to shape and definitely not level bedded!
how is that 1:8 ratio? 0.5 in 3 is 1:6 ratio is it not?
You are absolutely correct. Not quite sure how we got that one wrong!
Is this narrated by Kevin McCloud??
No - Voiceover done by ex-BBC man John Thirlwell
Tigershark cool video, thanks for upload! 👌👍
oh i wish i have "FLAT" rocks like those in the video at our farm...
Romeo Cuerpo get a stone chisel
Romeo Cuerpo dig deep bed rock is flat
Ha-ha-ha Romeo! Yes, level bedded stone is easier, but you have to make do with what you have! Is it some sort of whinstone around you?
On just three small Scottish isle's, where there was not enough people to manage livestock and they struggled to live daily. There is over 2.5 million tons of stone used to build walls ........ Our history is a lie.
Well using this method oh building you would never make anything,Strip out a couple oh Metres and built the remaining wall backwards
Thanks !! I learn absolutely nothing
Yeah all i see in Forza Horizon 4 are a whole bunch of these walls to be crashed into
You can rebuild in Minecraft!