Its leaky roof rested on ten foot high walls that were originally constructed as a sandwich.
Natural stone wall construction.
Dry stack walls also drain well allowing water to pass through the wall itself.
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After spreading the mortar but before laying the next stone use the trowel edge to cut the mortar even with wall face.
There are so many different types of natural stones from which you can build decorative walls.
The key to building a wall using mortar is when you apply the mortar it needs to go evenly onto the run of stones that are set.
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This prevents mortar from running down the face of the wall.
Dry fit each stone first to see that the vertical joints are staggered and the outside faces just touch the line.
Planting flowers and small brushes can soften the look of the stones.
The easiest way to build a stone retaining wall is to use the dry stack method that requires no mortar between stones and does not need a concrete footing like mortared walls do.
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Two tiered retaining wall in the backyard.
Vertical rock faces of rounded fieldstone on the outside with a mud mortar rubble stone mix on the.