In this elegant, literate primer on the fundamentals of building with stone, author Kevin Gardner distills 25 years of experience in building, repairing and restoring traditional New England-style dry stone walls.In "Getting Started," Gardner addresses the inherent challenges in working with the typical, rounded field stone of New England. He gives valuable advice on acquiring materials, preparing the site and laying out a footing, and outlines basic principles of constructing single-, double-faced-, and retaining walls.
Other chapters demystify courses, planes, faces and the placement of individual stones. Gardner tells how to build walkways, patios, planters, ramps, foundations, wells, steps, stiles, corners and pillars.
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