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Build a Dry Stack Stone Wall by Vicky Smith
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Dear friends, do you know how to build a dry stack stone wall in the daily life? As we know, building a dry-stacked stone wall in your garden area is an easy way to incorporate dimension and architecture into the existing landscaping. Rocks can be purchased at local landscape retail centers or can be collected from local creek beds. Now I am ready to tell you about the instructions step by step as follows: Firstly, choose the location to build the dry-stacked stone wall and use landscape marking spray paint to outline the location and shape of the rock wall. Secondly, use a shovel (a square tipped spade works best) to edge around the painted line. Continue using the shovel to dig out the base for the wall (this should resemble a narrow trench with the width matching the width of the base rocks). The depth of the base should be approximately ½ times the width of the limestone being used to build the dry-stacked rock wall. Use a level to make sure the base is level and a measuring tape to make sure that the width of the base will accommodate the rocks being used for the first layer. Thirdly, select rocks for the base layer of the rock wall. These rocks should be slightly larger than the rest of the stones being used for the additional layers. Use the level to ensure the base layer of rock is level. Use small pieces of stone to shim areas of the rocks to make them level. Fourthly, start laying out the first course of rocks to be placed on the base layer. Make sure the rocks overlap the butt-joints on the base layer; this will add to the structural integrity of the decorative rock wall. Use the level and small pieces of broken sandstone to level the layer. Break larger rocks with a hammer to fit in smaller voids. Fifthly, backfill with soil behind each layer of stone and tamp down with the shovel handle. Sixthly, continue adding courses of slate, ensuring that each course is level and that the rocks continue to overlap the butt-joints below, until the desired height is achieved. Tips & Warnings Use existing topographical features in the yard to enhance the dry-stacked rock wall. Incorporate the wall into a gentle slope or create a raised planting bed and use the rock wall to retain the elevated soil. Try and stick with odd numbered layers of rock. Building a wall with even numbered rows will give the decorative wall a patterned appearance. Always wear eye protection when breaking rocks with a hammer or other means. In short, as a renowned business E-platform of promoting stone industry, we have been continuously merging all kinds of resources together, in which regard not only have we realized the strategic combination of Stones Yellow Pages and overseas famous stone magazines, but also our good cooperation with overseas stone associations and organizations. If you want to consult us freely, you can also see cobblestone or become a loyal follower of us by @ https://twitter.com/stonebtb.
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