Building Stone Walls

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A beautiful stone wall ... yours with just a rock pile, a few tools and this book! Building Stone Walls tells you all you need to know to build your own sturdy walls. Carefully detailed, clear drawings show the techniques to follow -- and how to avoid problems. Learn here about:- wall foundations- basic "one-over-two" method- chinking "in" or "out"- height-to-width formula- using lower-quality stone- building retaining walls- building in gates, fences, and stiles- moving stone, boulders. Excellent example photos show good and poor walls, while the author's lively text tells you how to build, step by step. Slopes, drainage problems, using rubble -- these challenges and more are thoroughly covered.