This free standing field stone wall was built 2 years ago bordering the driveway. I took the wall apart and rebuilt it using 2 additional pallets of wall stone.
After. I prepared the base of the wall excavating the soil to a depth of 18" and filling with 3/4" plant mix compacting in 3" lifts. This creates adequate drainage and prevents the wall from heaving in the Spring from frost in the soil.
Before. You can see the wall is settling and starting to fall over.
After. The wall is battered (tapered in) on both sides, straight and level.
Before
After
Before
After
Building the wall.
Building the corner square to the house.
The original plan was to remove the Birch tree and then build the wall. Instead we decided to leave the tree and curve the wall around it.
