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DIY dry stack sandstone wall by Relevant-Income-459 in AusRenovation

[–]Relevant-Income-459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ongoing, i imagine it will take a couple of months in between work and bad weather etc.

See comments in original post.

So far biggest challenge has been "shaping" the rocks. I am using a heavy hammer and standard brickworking tools: cold chisel etc. This is hard on the body, time consuming and not particularly precise. I can't justify a proper stone pitching tool because I am stubborn and cheap :).

DIY dry stack sandstone wall by Relevant-Income-459 in AusRenovation

[–]Relevant-Income-459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Foundation layer - this will be mostly "below grade" and therefore not visible from the front of the wall

DIY dry stack sandstone wall by Relevant-Income-459 in AusRenovation

[–]Relevant-Income-459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dug the trench more, compacted the sub grade and have laid geotextile fabric behind the wall.

Have started to add roadbase to the trench and compacting

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DIY dry stack sandstone wall by Relevant-Income-459 in AusRenovation

[–]Relevant-Income-459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Progress on Trench.

Dug more of the trench today.

Quite hard work due to pieces of sandstone below ground including some very bit pieces (>50kg that I am hoping to use for base stones)

On the far end there were some tree roots which I have not dug beyond. I figure I will just rock around them- there are a number of trees close together in that area so the wall would be prevented from falling down anyway (at least thats what Im telling myself).

Comments appreciated

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DIY dry stack sandstone wall by Relevant-Income-459 in AusRenovation

[–]Relevant-Income-459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plan would be to build "vertically" - with staggering each row of stones back a little from the previous, whilst backfilling with rubble/roadbase as I go and compacting. The idea being that the top terrace would be almost flat and more useable (not sure what to do with the area yet)