Building A Freestanding Stone Wall

A freestanding arbor frame can support a store bought swing or the custom model below.

Building a freestanding stone wall.

Step 1 how to build a sitting wall illustration by gregory nemec. Retaining walls and freestanding walls both serve different purposes and belgard has wall blocks to match your desired look and functionality. Big small retaining free standing. Top this gravel with colored stone or mulch to suit the desired look of the landscape.

And i love rock walls. As this old house senior technical editor mark powers shows here a wall built from cast concrete blocks made to look like stone is just as beautiful and much easier to build especially when your planting season is confined to the weekends. It sincerely breaks my heart every time i see a wall built with stone blocks courtesy of big box stores inspired by diy cable tv. For design reasons however you might choose to build a freestanding wall and fill behind it with soil from another site.

Ask a stone yard to help determine how much material you ll need and have it delivered as close to the site as possible. As you build the wall toss all unwanted stone scraps behind the wall. This product can be used to create straight or curved freestanding stone walls making the highland stone freestanding wall our most versatile landscape product yet. The concrete stones are available in three different lengths giving the wall appearance a more natural look.

Walls are built in courses. When you cut and fill the wall is backed by undisturbed soil which is more stable than fill. Or you might do a partial cut and fill which is somewhere between the two. Walls can serve many purposes whether for decorative privacy or retaining purposes.

Freestanding mortared walls like the fieldstone one i m building here need a stable frost proof footing to prevent shifting and that requires a lot of digging in cold climates. All free standing walls share some common building components in their construction. When the wall is complete backfill behind it with gravel up to the level of the cap stones. Free standing walls are designed to stand by themselves without retaining any soil.

You have the option of walking along the area where you plan to build the wall removing any roots plants or rocks checking for any soft areas and then tamping down the ground. Any wall over 36 in height will most likely be subject to permit requirements. Freestanding stone walls are unique in that you don t absolutely need to prep a foundation. They are used for yard division seating walls or general aesthetic purposes.