Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #2: Getting Stone

In the previous post we took a look at the need for erosion control in our project area

 and the tools that we would use in building our dry stack stone walls.

The posts to date in this continuing series are:

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #1: Project, Tools,

 Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #2: Getting Stone,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #3: Building The Wall,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Wall #4: Why They Work,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #5: Style,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #6: Steps,

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #7: More On Steps.

This series is directed to the owner builder rather than the professional stone mason.

Let's look now at the stone we are using, where it came from, 

and how we determined where to have it dumped,

so that it would be readily accessible but not in our way.

In the photo above we are well into our project

 and we have just gotten the last of our three 14.5 ton loads of stone.

I have created a pathway where I can easily use the hand trucks to carry stone

or roll it down the hill if they are too large for the hand truck.

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #1: Project, Tools

This is the first in a series of tips on building dry stack stone retaining walls for landscaping,

gained from my personal experience and particularly aimed at the owner builder.

In future posts I will be discussing topics such as how to build durable walls and steps,

how to design the layout for a project, theory on dry stack walls, 

 stone as a material and what stone works best in each part of the project, site management,

and for this post we will look at the site and goal, and tools that will be needed.

The posts to date in this continuing series are:

Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #1: Project, Tools,

 Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #2: Getting Stone,

Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #3: Building The Wall,
Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Wall #4: Why They Work,
Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #5: Style,
Tips On Building A Dry Stack Stone Wall #6: Steps,
Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls #7: More On Steps.

 The photo above shows the finished project which gives you a feel for the scope of this work.

Installing Large Size Sun Room Windows

After having built and lived in quite a few passive solar sun rooms over the last 40 years 

I have come up with a good way to set the large double glazed glass units

 that are commonly used for such rooms.

About a year and a half ago we purchased a passive solar heated adobe fixer upper

 with a very long 80' sunroom, built in the mid 1980's.

Building A Well House #10: Finishing Up

To conclude this series on Building A Well House I want to show how we built the door, 

some final landscaping, and finally a photo collage of the project from start to finish.

And here are links to the whole series:

Building A Well House #1: Rubble Fill Foundation,

 Building A Well House #2: Dry Stack Cement Block,

 Building A Well House #3: More On Dry Stack Cement Block,

Building A Well House #4: Framing The Hip Roof,

Building A Well House #5: Corrugated Metal Roof,

Building A Well House #6: Plumbing And Electrical, 

 Building A Well House #7: Prepping For Stucco,

 Building A Well House #8: Stucco,

Building A Well House #9: Trombe Wall Solar Collector.