Building a Mortared Stone Wall Year 2

This video covers the second year of building a mortared stone wall along my driveway, prepping for some future electrical, a post light base, and a short look at my fireplace (where all my stone work started!).
The video is a mix of explaining the project and timelapses.
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  • @lisamarkovic-rollin7402
    @lisamarkovic-rollin74026 ай бұрын

    Very nice! I grew up in New England, very happy you left the stacked stone wall on top of your new wall. These boundary lines are everywhere adding to the beauty and history of the area. You have managed to add your mark on history and added beauty! Well done!

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Yes I left as much as I could when the driveway was built, anything that was taken out was used to fix other sections of stone wall on the property. Can’t waste that old stone!

  • @dustinclary736
    @dustinclary7365 ай бұрын

    That is totally awesome great job man very impressed.

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks a bunch!

  • @keithmason5584
    @keithmason55845 ай бұрын

    Pretty impressive free styling a wall to that standard and quality 👍

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Nothing like a simple string line to help keep everything straight!

  • @joannadrawe6654
    @joannadrawe66545 ай бұрын

    Beautiful stone wall

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the compliment and for watching!

  • @thomastimothy777
    @thomastimothy7776 ай бұрын

    The sheer determination!

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    Hahaha thanks! There were a few moments that I was questioning what I started, but it always feels good at the end of the day to see something made!

  • @Stevejoesofficial
    @Stevejoesofficial3 ай бұрын

    loveeee from whistler canada, nice work !!

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @RobertEHunt-dv9sq
    @RobertEHunt-dv9sq6 ай бұрын

    Nice work. Good effort and looks fantastic. Thanks for posting the video of your efforts, we get motivated by your work.

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for checking it out!

  • @micmike
    @micmike6 ай бұрын

    Nice project, nice property. Thanks for sharing

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    I appreciate you watching!

  • @anuragmazumdar05
    @anuragmazumdar056 ай бұрын

    Beautiful work James !!!!

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @Sea-cucumber1151
    @Sea-cucumber11516 ай бұрын

    Well done, a lot of work!❤

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @claudeross126
    @claudeross1264 ай бұрын

    Great job

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @timd1191
    @timd11915 ай бұрын

    Yea i like this, going to do my wall like this. Awesome.

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    5 ай бұрын

    Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

  • @uwould21
    @uwould216 ай бұрын

    Very nice!

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @gregkahle9046
    @gregkahle90466 ай бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching it!

  • @christianahearn3065
    @christianahearn30655 ай бұрын

    Beautiful project, congrats on finishing it! How many hours do you think you put into it/ how long did it take? Did you work on it after work/ weekends or full time?

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I worked on it just weekends and occasionally took a weekday off as well when the weather was really nice. The work shown in this video was late May to middle of September. I didn't keep tabs on my exact time but my rough guess would be about 150 hours of work in total. I would do about 8 to 10 hours of work a weekend on average.

  • 6 ай бұрын

    My talented husband🥰❤️ great work babe!💋

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    You’re the best!

  • @Stevejoesofficial
    @Stevejoesofficial3 ай бұрын

    whats the cardboard for >? shade from sun ?

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly! I had a couple of very hot sunny days and I didn't want the sun to dry out the mortar to quickly

  • @mariathunberg4743
    @mariathunberg47435 ай бұрын

    What do you use between the stones, lime grouting?

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    5 ай бұрын

    Sakrete type S mortar mix, it’s for brick and stone walls, good for above and below grade. Thanks for watching!

  • @mariathunberg4743

    @mariathunberg4743

    5 ай бұрын

    @@james.clinton will check what that is here in sweden, asked around before but got different answers so was a little confused. Thanks!

  • @valleycarpentry5269
    @valleycarpentry52693 ай бұрын

    Elaborate on the sono tubez please

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    3 ай бұрын

    Sure! The sono tubes that are built into the wall around the patio by the fireplace are there for a future pergola or potentially some type of covered roof. At the time I built it (and now) I wasn’t 100% sure how or if I wanted to cover the area. I thought it was be any easy way to future proof the area by having an area to secure structure to that went straight to below the frost line, that didn’t require me to try and attach anything to the wall. Hopefully that helps!

  • @valleycarpentry5269

    @valleycarpentry5269

    3 ай бұрын

    @@james.clinton hi yes i got that towards the end of the video.... Thnx

  • @jamaljml7309
    @jamaljml73096 ай бұрын

    👍🇲🇦👌 MOROCIN ✌️

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    6 ай бұрын

    Wow! All the way from Morocco! Thanks for watching!

  • @clausb.2032
    @clausb.20325 ай бұрын

    dreimal schwenken um den feuerplatz und es werden einfach nicht mehr "stuehle"..!!!!!!!

  • @james.clinton

    @james.clinton

    5 ай бұрын

    My German is terrible so I'll just say: Thanks for watching!