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STONEWORK sa MARBLE sa MODEL & MINIATURE STONEWORK sa SLATE sa STONE CARVING sa STONE PAVING xx BUILDING MATERIAL xx CONCRETE Cutting stone. Guidelines from a professional on how to cut stone using a hammer and chisel. Tips on replacing a damaged brick or stone on the outside wall of a building. The romance of stone. Introduction to the slipform method of stonewall construction. Building with stone. Advice on sources for stone, footings and laying the stones. Includes a recipe for mortar. How to cast your own masonry parts with resuable shop-built wooden forms. Instructions for casting reinforced concrete lintels for use over windows and doors when constructing stone buildings. A summary of the major types of cleaning and waterproofing techniques used to restore brick, masonry and stone buildings. Tips on patching mortar on brickwork and stone and replacing exterior caulking. Make your own imitation "cut stones" for wall decoration. The cut stone is made from ordinary plaster which is cast in a rubber mold which you also make yourself. Materials cost for a 4x7 ft. panel: $45. Photos show the casting and hanging process. How to install a prefabricated fireplace unit. Also gives information on designing the hearth and applying a facing of Featherock. How to build a dry (mortarless) stone wall. Tip on repointing mortar joints in brick or stone walls. Build a dry (mortarless) stone retaining wall. Construct a dry stone retaining wall. Gas fireplace and stone surround. Part 2. How to apply cast stone to a fireplace surround. Techniques are applicable to covering other surfaces. Building a dry-stone retaining wall. Includes tips on shaping stones. How to stack a freestanding dry stone wall. Form-based stone masonry. A method for constructing cast-in-place stone walls. An easy method for novices. Best suited for cobblestones (round-shaped stones in random sizes). Bow-Cot and the Honeymoon Cottage. Two experimental stone houses by New York architect Ernest Flagg. Restoring brownstone facades. Techniques for repairing and replacing 19th-century architectural elements. Sticks and stones. A house handbuilt from red cedar and basalt in the Pacific Northwest. A structural chimney cylinder is a key support for roof. Facing a concrete block wall with stone. A good supply of rock, tight joints, and hidden mortar are the secret to the solid, structural look. Tips on cutting stone with a pitching tool and modifying a tuck pointer for raking joints. A house of stone and clay. 864 sq.ft. house features 2-ft. thick rock walls, leaded glass windows, and clay floor tiles. Details on building rock walls and making floor tiles by hand. Tip: How to maintain brownstone entry stairs. Includes tips on applying a water barrier. Tip: When building a mortarless stone wall, fill the voids between the stones with gravel. Maine stonework. A personal approach to laying up and pointing rock. The structural stone wall. How to bed your stones in concrete and apply mortar to joints. From boulders to building blocks. How a traditional stonemason quarries and dresses sandstone. A primer on using limestone as a building material. Included in an article on the CB&S Stone Company (Houston, Texas). Tip: String your steel rock-splitting wedges together so that you can't lose them as easily. Repairing old stonework walls, foundations, etc. How to layup, bed, set lintels, and point. Tip on cutting a hole in a stone-veneer wall. Guidelines for laying stone walls. The Cotswold slat roof. Reviving the age-old craft of shingling with stone. Building a slip-form stone wall. Poured-concrete walls are faced with a mixture of small and large stones to form the walls of this cottage. Cobblestone cottage combines a two-wythe block foundation and block walls with conventional framing to form this modern version of a Cotswold cottage. Laying a granite-faced wall. Techniques for using stone that is scarce and tough to shape. Includes instructions for building an archway entrance through the wall. Advice on parging or painting a stone (or masonry) wall to change it's appearance. Tip on priming the smooth surface of river rocks with plastic cement so they will adhere better to vertical walls. A cast concrete fire wall for use behind a woodstove is decorated by embedding colorful rocks in the face. Tip on using pieces of ice to facilitate moving a heavy stone countertop into position without cracking. Laying up stone veneer. A masonry facade is an economical way to give wood-framed walls the look of solid stone. Pointing stonework. A pastry bag speeds this tedious job and gets the work done cleanly and efficiently. Manufactured-stone and natural-stone veneer are compared for appearance, workability and cost. Granite countertops. An experienced fabricator explains the process from the templating to the final setting of the slabs. Tiling with limestone, a material that is easy to work with and maintain. Building dry stone walls. A systematic approach saves time and turns beginners into artists. How to build terraced stone walls on a slope. How to create a rock garden. Includes instructions for constructing a dry stone retaining wall. How to remove paint from stone. How to construct a stone gatepost. How to build a low stone wall and plant it with flowering perennials. Choosing and installing manufactured stone products. Ideas shown include stone-covered walls, faux fireplace, and dry-stack wall. Tip: Use wedges to seat heavy stones in a fence or wall so their weight is taken off the mortar. How to build a stone wall. Using stone in the garden. Ideas for walls, paths, edgings, sculpture and as sitting spaces. Stone walls you can make. How to lay up retaining walls using either the wet or dry mortar method. Also shows how to cast a planter box from concrete. How to repair stoops with coverings of slate, flagstones, stucco or mortar. How to reset loose flags, patch a broken flag or replace loose stucco. Stone masonry techniques. Part of the Owner-built Home & Homestead series. Rubble masonry construction. Part of the Owner-built Home & Homestead series. Building with native stone. A complete guide to constructing a mortarless stone wall. Tip on splitting large boulders using fire and water. The art of slipforming. Combining stone masonry and concrete to form a wall. Putting gravity to work for you. How to construct a dry-laid stone wall. Restoration of sandstone (brownstone). Covers repair and resurfacing of damaged stone and preventive maintenance to avoid spalling. Patching brownstone. Includes brownstone-mix formulas used to make the repairs. Removing "Formstone" and other fake stonework from brick buildings. Two articles on repointing masonry. The first explains why joints fail. The second is a step-by-step guide on how to remove the deteriorated mortar from joints in brick or stone walls, match the old mortar's consistency and texture, and refill the joints. General suggestions for controlling moisture in sandstone to arrest spalling. Building stone walls. How to build both a dry-laid stone wall and a mortared stone wall. Splitting and dressing stone. Some tips. Working with native stone. Advice on locating a nearby source for the stone needed to renovate a stone house. Tips on quarrying, cutting, dressing, installing, etc. Information for the restorer on the mortars and finishes used in cobblestone houses. Repointing stonework. How to prepare the surface, select the appropriate mortar color and texture, mix the mortar, do the repointing and apply the finishing touches. Tip on using folded mesh screen and mortar to patch large gaps in stonework. Building stone retaining walls. Lathe-turned stone. Making columns and balusters from raw stone using a simple shop-built lathe. Tip suggests how to remove paint splatter from rough-faced stone. Quarrying the condemned. How to deconstruct a stone house for its parts. Twelve-step process for building a stone wall. Build a traditional New England dry stone fence. Three types of stone walls illustrated: (1) Free-standing. (2) Terracing. (3) Retaining. Build a stone boat for hauling field stone behind a tractor or horse. Install your own masonry veneers. How to install both stone and wire-backed brick. Tip: Use a fiber-type cement-cutting blade to sand wood, sharpen tools, and cut rocks. How to lay up narrow walls of fieldstone without any mortar. The art of laying rock walls (garden walls) built of dry-stacked stones. Do-it-yourself stone veneer. How to cut and lay your own sandstone or limestone. How to make artificial stone using a sprayed-on concrete mixture. Diagram shows how to make a plaster-spraying rig. How to build dry laid stone walls. Building with native material. Building a rubble stone wall held together with mortar and rebar. How to build a dry-laid floating-stone wall. Faux stone fireplace. How to install a fireplace surround and hearth using manufactured stone. Step-by-step photos show the gluing and grouting procedures required. | |||||||||
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