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Hello and welcome this is Carl the Landscape Guy. There are so many different types of natural stones from which you can build decorative walls. Shaping the stones is a lot of hard work and softer stones like sandstone is easier to shape and form. You will find some detailed sandstone videos on my channel. But what about brittle and hard rocks? During shaping, they can break or split easily. Vangjeli thinks you can use any kind of stone for a wall. Today's video is about a 2.5 m high and stable retaining wall made of greywacke stones. In particularly, today is about the stability of retaining walls and the process of corner building. We are working with a really hard greywacke stone. You can already tell that the wall will look very good with nice light-dark contrasts. This is a retaining wall that holds very well and is stable. Without any extra concrete support behind the wall it holds up well by using a bunch of half meter long rocks that tie in deep into the wall. This way you can easily build walls that are three to four meters tall. The problem with this type of stone is that it’s difficult to work with. Because these are brittle stones and when you try to make a nice front or want to take away a corner they dont break where you hit it. They can break wherever they feel like it. They already have tiny cracks that aren't visible. Especially making a nice corner stone is really hard. Nico is here working on one and it could easily break apart any second. Then you can just start all over and have also lost the time you worked on it. And for this reason, you want to pre-sort the stones in the quarry. It is very worthwhile when you take a small excavator and 2 workers to pick the right stones. That way we can pick and prepare about 50m2 of wall per day. For each vertical square meter of wall you need at least three big rocks with this length that tie in deeper. The deeper the better. If the wall is 3 to 4 m high, we have to start at the bottom with the biggest stones. Of course, this is only possible with appropriate wall thickness or like here in a retaining wall. If the wall comes to such a height then you have to use big stones. Because such a stone can not be walled like this, that's not possible. In no case, even if it's twice as wide i wouldn't put it that way. I will put it in like this. Some mortar with it and in this way. Then we take the waste rocks and gravel. Here it is good that we have it because you can fill the gaps nicely with mortar. And then you can let the stones swim like that. Now we set this inside cornerstone. Now you might think why this way? Well because half of it will disappear later. That has to go like that because otherwise we can not make a proper vertical grout in the corner. We don't want the two wall parts to move apart. Not every layer has to be that way but we do like every third one. Also keep in mind that it should not be too cold or too wet when building your wall. We stop building when it gets colder than -3 ° Celsius. Then we cover the wall up with fabric over night. But when it rains, the problem is that the stones are wet and the greywacke stones won't draw water. The mortar doesn't thicken up by itself and since the rocks don't draw any water the grout can flush out and it will look bad. Because it is raining we will have to wash the wall next day. To make such a corner you can not use thick layers of mortar. Especially with this weather. The stones must sit on each other even without mortar. The mortar does not hold the stones it only fills the gaps. Otherwise you will have to wait before putting the next row of stones on top. Because the mortar will squeeze out. You see that here, the stones sit on each other even without mortar. If you put the stones swimming on mortar of course you can not make the next row on it. We always have to make sure we can continue to work all day. Not two rows and go home. There are people who say I just put more mortar under the stones and it will be fine. Then you can put one more row on it maybe but the second and third row on top won't stand. Then your joints squeeze out and your wall opens up and falls apart. Thanks for watching, it was very windy today and I apologize for the sound disturbances. If you would like to see more about our natural stone works and tipps, I put together this playlist for you, so make sure to check it out. Good luck with your projects and see you next time. Im Carl the landscape guy. #masonry #drystakedwall #wall
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They are two very professional bricklayers, who work very fast, and are artists. For apprentices like me ... I will give you several tricks. 1.- Use a wooden table, some planks, some scaffold sheets about 80-90 centimeters from the ground to break the stones and thus not be working on the ground all the time, your back will thank you. 2.- The quantity of cement-sand must always be the same so that it remains the same color. 3.-it is important to brush the cement of the joint well before it is dry ... afterwards it is impossible. 4.-The mass (sand and cement) has to be a little dry, it doesn't have to be soft. a good job
@closowski
3 жыл бұрын
can you elaborate on # 3?
@Peter-gi3re
3 жыл бұрын
@@closowski Basically he means you have to tool or rub the joints before the mortar has final set. If you look at the earlier section of wall where the mortar is dry ..... you will see how the joint is finished compared to the fresh joint which has not yet been tooled or rubbed.
Thank you for these great tips! You not only said WHAT to do but WHY to do it that way🌸
This can look simple to the untrained eye. These guys are artists. Very awesome work fellers. My back aches just watching now that I am old.
@jovosedlar
3 жыл бұрын
You think you're old and so am I, but after I start working there is usually no stopping me unless may be back pain or knees on the wet and cold boards early spring.
I absolutely love stonework! This is a great informative lesson
@user-wv1pj6wh4h
10 ай бұрын
what a crap you ahve to sue old ancient celtic technologu froom portugal or spain,,, a retian wall need more inclination and dont need ciment...and is 1000 times more reliable.
thank you for taking the time out of your job to explain these things!
Very great explenation. These guys make it look easier than it is
This is gold TY!
Very good job explaining. Thanks.
You guys are rock stars!
Very well explained. Thanks for the valuable tips.
Great video, these guys do great work and this is a great way to learn from them as they work and think through their process
These are excellent instructive videos.
Thank you for downloading Very informative At present using hard rock myself I use a cut off grinder to score a too long rock Then a wide chisel to part it
Thank you very much for probably the best explanation construction person can learn further. Hello from a Serb to all the construstion people out there.
Tks for your video how drainage works with stone retaining wall
Agrees with comment below and adds Pure Craftsmen,Fantastic job and teaching Video,Ally
Thank you for the video!
Good job guys God bless you...
Great info! Thanks
Really nice trade/job to have. I love doing stonework . Satisfying and an old art. We have some lovely granite in devon,big random shapes n colours. We also got to work on some lovely heritage buildings and gorgeous houses. Keep up the good work just watch out if using lime..glove time
Thanks for the great video
Very nice I am learning by watching. Love the comentary you exsplain what you’re doing. l am learning slowly
@CarlTheLandscapeGuy
4 ай бұрын
glad to hear it was helpful
Great job!! 👍👍
really enjoy watching the videos - thank you for sharing mate!
@CarlTheLandscapeGuy
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Bravo 👏
Great video. You're so lucky to have such malleable stone, though you say it's brittle, or you're just very good at what you do (of course)! I'm trying to work with basalt/granite. It seems impossible to shape.
👏 more of sone masonry please.
"They will break wherever they feel like it" It looks like a great stone!
Good job Sir..
Bravo
Saya pengin sekali lihat tutorial pasang batu pondasi cara dari awal teknik penyusunan batu pondasi good jobs🖒🖒🖒
What a great video. Excellent explanation of back drainage and tie-back with long stones. These guys know what they are doing. I wonder if they put a concrete footing under the wall for support?
@CarlTheLandscapeGuy
3 жыл бұрын
thank you 👍
Notice his name tag on his vest, he is Albanian. This man is a pure example of how back then the Illyrians (Albanians) built Rome, England and a lot of beautiful cities in the world. Good job 👏👐
To all those talking about how difficult it is to build with stone remember, humans have been building with stone for thousands of years. I’m building a stone home and layout stone gets easier and easier the more you do, side note we get all our stone free from the Rocky Mountains which makes things a lot easier, and inexpensive.
@CarlTheLandscapeGuy
2 жыл бұрын
thanks for your comment, please send me some pics, i love what you do, sounds amazing, hope all goes well, info@carlthelandscapeguy.com
Very nice well
@CarlTheLandscapeGuy
2 ай бұрын
thank you
Nice work good job on the hearting I just built a 66ft by 2ft wide by 10ft terraced wet laid wall with 8 concrete stairs
@mrcwoodworks4523
4 жыл бұрын
Make a video Buddy I would love to see it
@HooDRidEWhiteY
4 жыл бұрын
Can you please explain exactly what kind of material we need to make the proper mortar mix? I cant seem to find that specific information. Random sand and some type of concrete bags but what kind of concrete?
@thincrediblewho
2 жыл бұрын
@@HooDRidEWhiteY I don't know if you still want an answer to that question, but it's cement, not concrete that they're mixing with sand. If you mix sand and cement, you have mortar. If you mix sand, cement, and gravel, you have concrete. The terms are often used interchangeably by those who don't know the difference, which is most people. But they each means something different. Hopefully you found the answer for yourself, in which case I hope this answer helps someone else.
@HooDRidEWhiteY
2 жыл бұрын
@@thincrediblewho this was very helpful still; thanks!
Most important part is the foundation.
I have watched the video 5 times already.....
@mrcwoodworks4523
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t blame you , boy can you make great money as a stone mason
Thanks for the video and the tips. that looks challenging in the rain. I’m setting up to do some walls 3rd the height of that down for my planter beds. I’m going to make sure I stack my stones, not floating in mortar like you say. What brand of pants are those green pants?. I work as a carpenter building decks outside. I feel like I need those. They look durable.
@CarlTheLandscapeGuy
Жыл бұрын
thank you appreciate the feedback and good luck with your project
How do you figure out the most common natural stone in your area?
Is it sand with cement
hei carl. nice work. heavy stones... ooof... how deep was the foundation? how was build? stones or concrete? what kind of rebars did you use? if any... what kind of drainage pipe did you put behind the wall? if any...
@Pbs-xs4xk
4 жыл бұрын
doriantomas “ooof” 😂🤦🏼♂️
Maybe the stone will break better with a hammer made for stone splitting. This one you use is for stone smashing. We call it a maul or 3 pound sledgehammer.
Concrete is not good for stone. It's best to use NHL 3.5 natural Hydraulic Lime
How long do stone retaining walls supposed to last? I see some giant stone retaining walls adjacent to the greenbelt in my community that are about 40 ft. high and wonder how long they'd last.
@syskusa6512
2 жыл бұрын
Stone walls will last longer than your lifetime easily, and your great grandkids most likely.
Do we need to do DPC on a stone wall. Damp proof course at the ground level ?
@davidfox7983
2 жыл бұрын
No need for dpc on outside walls
Good work. Only that my fear is, the wall may fall due to poor drainage. I wish you had put in drainage pipes. To drain water behind the wall when it rains.
@pensive69
4 жыл бұрын
Isn't that why they add the broken stone as fill behind the wall? Serves that purpose.
Sir what's a ratio of sand & cement
They are from Albania. Where is the place?
What movie is this? A final result of the complete wall, where is it ?
Is your motar always that dry?
What kind of footing is necessary for a wall just like this in every way but only 3ft or 1 meter in height from the soil? I hear cement, gravel or a combination of both.
@potterspear3711
3 жыл бұрын
for me i suggest (base=1meter, top=1meter, lenght=?) without gravel, cement and sand only will be used 🙏❤️
@71sc502
2 жыл бұрын
or nortar
Like the finished product. He must have forgotten his safety glasses that day.
@potterspear3711
3 жыл бұрын
no, based on my experience, he might not comfortable using PPE while working on that😂
What about drainage at the base of the wall. What did you do?
@71sc502
2 жыл бұрын
you should have it at a pitch. that's the whole point of it to be honest
what about the footing??? any video about foundation for a stone wALL??? or how deep do i have to dig up???
@giovannigamez8901
2 жыл бұрын
Depending on the load behind we place dig 8 inches to a foot deep an fill in with 6 inches of concrete with L shaped rebar sticking up with 2 rebar on the bottom
Ndonje tubo per te kulluar...??!?? Ku do ta shkarkoje lageshtiren muri???!!??
Is the mortar mix « sand and cement » or « sand, cement and gravel”?
@tomkelly8827
2 жыл бұрын
no gravel, the stones in the gravel are too large. the sand needs to go through a 1/4" screen first
@antoniochang4553
2 жыл бұрын
@@tomkelly8827 thank w
Not gona lie lads it's not the best looking work iv seen. I get it's a retaining wall and strength is priority but thst stone looks very good, nice flat faces with a good bottom and top, you can always make a wall look nice and strong at the same time. I'm an Irish stone Mason from Ireland and I think everyone is capable of doing better, your work is strong but I feel you have the capability of making it more appealing to the eye. Much respect tho and its great that stone work has travelled across the globe, it's very interesting watching how others do it. 🙏🇮🇪
What cement is used?
@mathewoviedo8650
3 жыл бұрын
Motar
Мне любопытно : Как называют двух мастеров, откуда они , где работают ?..... Привет 🖐 из АЛБАНИЯ
@vladimirvladimirovich8081
3 жыл бұрын
Зачем вам эти мастера ? Я таких мастеров никогда бы не позвал ! На Украине есть русскоговорящий мастер кладки камня Владимир Коваленко, в You Tube есть его ролики , посмотрите его работы ! И ещё есть в You Tube : Мастер Кладки , тоже русскоговорящий, грек по национальности. Не помню имя . Он работает на стройках от Владивостока и до островов Греции в Средиземном море . Эти двое очень высококвалифицированные мастера кладки камня ! Удачи вам . Из Сибири, Владимир !
@vladimirvladimirovich8081
3 жыл бұрын
Уточняю. Я нашёл этих мастеров . 1. Владимир Коваленко - мастер кладки . 2. Каменный успех - дома из камня .
What kind of mortar is that?
@CarlTheLandscapeGuy
Жыл бұрын
this is lime mortar
try a pointing tool.
Chipping stone like this, with no eye protection is very dangerous. That is how my uncle lost his eye sight in one eyes. WEAR EYE PROTECTION!!!!!
@CarlTheLandscapeGuy
2 жыл бұрын
true thanks
@Axecapoeiracomoxvalley
2 жыл бұрын
@@CarlTheLandscapeGuy maybe my uncle used bad technique but it is true that he lost his eye and had to have it replaced with a glass eye after a chip from a stone projectiled into his eye. 😞 maybe just extremely bad luck or the type of risk too. Watching people chip rock without eye protection always makes me nervous now!!!!! Amazing work though!
Вы молодец.ну армяни так строили боле 100.лет назат.
They are using a bucket trowel.
Albanians. I know his last name
You need to cover the type of mortar you use.
@elijahhibbard8575
4 жыл бұрын
Type s
@HooDRidEWhiteY
4 жыл бұрын
@@elijahhibbard8575 so can I just go to the store and buy type s mortar? Then what, mix it with sand?
@elijahhibbard8575
4 жыл бұрын
Yes you can get it like that and mix one bag with 4 5-gallon buckets of sand per bag, or 2 buckets for half bag.
@HooDRidEWhiteY
4 жыл бұрын
@@elijahhibbard8575 this is super helpful thank you
Looks like lime stone to me.You can't hit this stone with a hammer only trim.
@Musicsongs921
3 жыл бұрын
U cant ? Looks like they doing it every day for living u must be wrong than
That was looks way to thin for for its height. Also where is your drainage? No gravel or weep pipes
@lukedecol1505
4 жыл бұрын
Gravel behind a retaining wall? Haha
@71sc502
2 жыл бұрын
@@lukedecol1505 yes absolutely. If the wall is higher than drainage absolutely
@lukedecol1505
2 жыл бұрын
@@71sc502 because the walls that have stood for centuries have gravel behind them?
Я оцениваю ролик только в том случае , если не слышу отвратительную музыку наложенную на речь диктора. Не понимаю, с какой целью вы абсолютно не нужной здесь музыкой заглушаете интересный рассказ диктора ?
If it was built without mortar it would last alot longer... all the mortar does is stop any water passing through. But each to their own.
@lukedecol1505
4 жыл бұрын
@Oftin Wong what's eventually? Explain?? I build dry stone walls for a living. I'm telling you, a free draining wall will last alot longer than what they have done here. People who think otherwise dont know much about it.
@lukedecol1505
4 жыл бұрын
@Oftin Wong gravel? Mate.. have a think about that.
@lukedecol1505
4 жыл бұрын
@Oftin Wong are you a waller?? Got any work to show? Or do you just read books?
@lukedecol1505
4 жыл бұрын
@Oftin Wong gravel is an unstable material. Better if you later stone behind the wall for drainage.
@lukedecol1505
4 жыл бұрын
@Oftin Wong yes it is!
How do you ensure that the spaces between rocks are relatively the same? For example, how do you know how much mortar to put in between? That part has always baffled me.
Maybe the stone will break better with a hammer made for stone splitting. This one you use is for stone smashing. We call it a maul or 3 pound sledgehammer.