MagazínHow to dry wall

The most beautiful gardens complement the stone. In places where there is no flat terrain, it is ideal building wall. Our ancestors built stone walls to dry, without mortar. The stone wall is not as difficult as many people imagine.

The most beautiful gardens complement the stone. In places where there is no flat terrain, it is ideal building wall. Our ancestors built stone walls to dry, without mortar. The stone wall is not as difficult as many people imagine.
 

As for the construction of dry wall

The stone wall is compared to concrete prettier, moreover, it is less financially expensive. You can use the stone from older buildings as well as stones and rocks that you bring from the quarry. Dry building has its own strict rules that must be followed to your wall survived for many years. If you do not stone available or meet your needs, use prefabricated concrete walls, which can stand without the aid of mortar to any height and shape.
 
First, determine where you build the wall and choose a shape to have your wall. May be straight or slightly curved in an arc. It is also necessary to calculate the material that you need to build the wall.

 

Building wall, step by step:

  • Calculate the amount of material (volume wall calculated by multiplying the length and height, the result is then multiplied by the planned wall thickness, the result will show the consumption of stones)
  • the shape of the clearance is needed around 40 cm of soil
  • fragments of stones or gravel to create a foundation under the wall
  • to begin construction, select the largest stone (tethers)
  • start with laying the head wall
  • follow from the counties to the middle
  • lay the first layer so as to avoid cross joints
  • make sure that the stones do not wobble, wall must be stable (you can anchor using small stones)
  • the width of the heel wall should be one third to half the height of the wall
  • crushed stone lay so that there would be minimal joints
 
After the dry wall is finished, you can do joints in the rocks planted succulents and bougainvillea. Dry wall is a favorite retreat lizards, Hymenoptera, bumblebees and Slow.