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How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls: Design and Build Walls, Bridges and Follies Without Mortar
John Shaw-Rimmington
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Description for How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls: Design and Build Walls, Bridges and Follies Without Mortar
Paperback. .
How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls shows how to build a wall using the traditional method of dry stone masonry in which carefully selected stones are properly stacked and held together without mortar. As well as being beautiful, a dry stone wall is stronger, more stable, and more resistant to climate than a mortared wall. The book features more than 100 full colour photographs of walls, bridges and decorative garden elements in various steps of construction as well as illustrations that show the steps and cross sections that illustrate the building methods. Author John Shaw-Rimmington explains how to build a ... Read more
How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls shows how to build a wall using the traditional method of dry stone masonry in which carefully selected stones are properly stacked and held together without mortar. As well as being beautiful, a dry stone wall is stronger, more stable, and more resistant to climate than a mortared wall. The book features more than 100 full colour photographs of walls, bridges and decorative garden elements in various steps of construction as well as illustrations that show the steps and cross sections that illustrate the building methods. Author John Shaw-Rimmington explains how to build a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Firefly Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781770857094
SKU
V9781770857094
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About John Shaw-Rimmington
John Shaw-Rimmington is an accomplished heritage and dry stone mason. He divides his time between designing, teaching, travelling to do demonstration walling events and commissioned works for private clients.
Reviews for How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls: Design and Build Walls, Bridges and Follies Without Mortar
A perfect resource for anyone thinking about venturing into designing with rock.
William Scheick Texas Gardener's Seeds (12/07/2016) A book as impressive as dry-stone walls themselves. Full of photos of completed walls, bridges and follies, as well as detailed instructions for building everything from foundations to batters to top copes. The text is so clear and encouraging, you might even ... Read more
William Scheick Texas Gardener's Seeds (12/07/2016) A book as impressive as dry-stone walls themselves. Full of photos of completed walls, bridges and follies, as well as detailed instructions for building everything from foundations to batters to top copes. The text is so clear and encouraging, you might even ... Read more