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| Author | : John Vivian |
| Publisher | : Storey Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2014-10-24 |
| Genre | : House & Home |
| ISBN | : 1612123724 |
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Rustic and charming or stately and proud, a well-built stone wall can add personality and beauty to your property. John Vivian’s lively approach and step-by-step instructions encourage you to transform a pile of rocks into an enduring landscape feature with gates, retaining walls, or stiles to suit your needs. Whatever unique challenges come with your site — poor drainage, sloping ground, or low-quality rubble material — Vivian offers innovative designs and reproducible methods to help you build a beautiful, long-lasting wall.
| Author | : Robert Thorson |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 2009-05-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0802719201 |
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There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. They took three billion man-hours to build. And even though most are crumbling today, they contain a magnificent scientific and cultural story-about the geothermal forces that formed their stones, the tectonic movements that brought them to the surface, the glacial tide that broke them apart, the earth that held them for so long, and about the humans who built them. Stone walls layer time like Russian dolls, their smallest elements reflecting the longest spans, and Thorson urges us to study them, for each stone has its own story. Linking geological history to the early American experience, Stone by Stone presents a fascinating picture of the land the Pilgrims settled, allowing us to see and understand it with new eyes.
| Author | : John Shaw-Rimmington |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Dry stone walls |
| ISBN | : 9781770857094 |
Download How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This text shows how to build a wall using the traditional method of dry stone masonry in which carefully selected stones are properly stacked and held together without mortar. As well as being beautiful, a dry stone wall is stronger, more stable and more resistant to climate than a mortared wall. More than 100 full colour photographs of walls, bridges and decorative garden elements in various steps of construction are presented as well as illustrations that show the steps and cross sections that highlight the building methods.
| Author | : Robert Thorson |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2009-05-26 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0802719260 |
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The only field guide to stone walls in the Northeast. Exploring Stone Walls is like being in Thorson's geology classroom, as he presents the many clues that allow you to determine any wall's history, age, and purpose. Thorson highlights forty-five places to see interesting and noteworthy walls, many of which are in public parks and preserves, from Acadia National Park in Maine to the South Fork of Long Island. Visit the tallest stone wall (Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island), the most famous (Robert Frost's mending wall in Derry, New Hampshire), and many more. This field guide will broaden your horizons and deepen your appreciation of New England's rural history.
| Author | : Charles McRaven |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Building, Stone |
| ISBN | : |
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| Author | : Charles McRaven |
| Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 1999-01-01 |
| Genre | : House & Home |
| ISBN | : 1580172652 |
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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life. Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins contain practical, hands-on instructions designed to help you master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. From traditional skills to the newest techniques, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin Library provides a foundation of earth-friendly information for the way you want to live today.
| Author | : Pat McAfee |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9781847172341 |
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Number One Bestseller A unique history and 'how to' book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. The Irish countryside is a patchwork of over 250,000 miles of stone wall. Built from local stone according to the style of each region - dry stone in the West and the Mourne mountains or mortar elsewhere - these walls are an intrinsic part of the landscape. This unique guide by expert stone mason Pat McAfee covers the history of this ancient tradition, giving illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions on constructing, conserving and repairing stone walls of all types - whether dry stone or mortar. It includes: History of stone in Ireland How to build dry stone and mortar walls Basic and more advanced techniques Dos and don'ts of repair work Appropriate conservation methods
| Author | : Rob Gallagher |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780764330568 |
Download Building Dry-Stack Stone Walls Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A dry-stack stonewall is a project that almost anyone can build, and it will last well over a century if built correctly. Like most projects, knowing all of the steps involved is critical to ensure a safe and solid job. This book provides thorough, step-by-step procedures for three projects using stones of various sizes from the smallest all the way up to boulders, with a focus on a safe work environment. Learn a system for planning a project, and proceed through all the steps required to completion. A gallery of wall images will inspire you to start stacking.
| Author | : William Hubbell |
| Publisher | : Down East Books |
| Total Pages | : 121 |
| Release | : 2006-09-17 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1461745136 |
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For this stunning new volume, photographer William Hubbell has turned his lens toward New England's ubiquitous stone walls. Beginning with the basic geology of the region and why New England has so many darned rocks, he presents a chronological overview of the varying styles and methods of wall building, and includes conversations with six contemporary wall builders. The result is a surprising and refreshing look at stone walls and at the history of New England.
| Author | : Swiss Environmental Action Foundation |
| Publisher | : Scheidegger and Spiess |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Dry stone walls |
| ISBN | : 9783858818133 |
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Dry stone walls are a critical component of the landscape in Switzerland and many other countries. They support the cultivation of agriculture and livestock, and they are also are also integral to the ecosystem. And, in many locations across Switzerland, they are in need of restoration by those with a thorough understanding of their roles and vast range of types and purposes. Drawing on the copious research and practice of the Swiss Environmental Action Fund, Dry Stone Walls is a uniquely comprehensive work on the topic, combining cultural history with a guide to plants and animals that find their habitat in such structures and a practical, step-by-step manual to the building and maintenance of dry stone walls. Richly illustrated with more than four hundred photographs and drawings, including many in color, the book contains a wealth of advice for both the planning of new dry stone walls and the care of existing ones, as well as information on structural analysis and the organization of building sites. The book will serve as a guide for future generations everywhere to this ancient practice that is in danger of extinction.
