scottishjohn Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) I am looking for someone to rebuild a large drystone wall -- approx 1m thick and 4-5 m tall will post pictures soon I am in s/w scotland I have digger and umper and all the stone is there and if not I have any amount of it onsite Edited February 6 by scottishjohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 picces of wallnp no replies --scared evefybody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Wow that’s a mammoth wall (like the rest on your site). At least you have plenty of stone 🤷♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 and I thought my idea to build a 4' high wall with local sandstone that we dug up for our basement was a big task! 😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 How structural does this need to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 (edited) On 11/02/2024 at 21:39, MikeSharp01 said: How structural does this need to be? just to hold back the banking and channel the old ware supply down through it --like a chimney been there fro 200 years and ithink when they replaced the old stone channel with concrete pipes --but did not bry them --they leaked and made banking soft the ground bascially is hard as hell as its all built up from quarry waste I think being 72 -- this is a bit beyond me -stones are too big for me-hoping someoen was going to give me a quote to come and rebuild it Edited February 13 by scottishjohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 58 minutes ago, scottishjohn said: been there fro 200 years and ithink when they replaced the old stone channel with concrete pipes --but did not bry them --they leaked and made banking soft See, the old ways are the best. Turn it into a rockery 🤷♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 2 hours ago, joe90 said: See, the old ways are the best. Turn it into a rockery 🤷♂️ thats what it is now really I have to construct a "fire pond " below and to the left of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galileo Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 There's a stonemason that comes up to Shetland from Manchester now and again that the locals speak highly of that might be worth a call, seen as in comparison you're on his doorstep. He was up doing a lot of the drystone walls around the Sumburgh lighthouse recently. 07765 493961 https://dpmccabestonemason.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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