Mason Needed
 

Looking for someone who can mortar up a natural stone wall at my island camp on Welch. Part of it was done rather unprofessionally previously and the mortar froze while curing and simply falls off. looking to get it re-done professionally. Probably a day maybe two days at most of work.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

Dan

Hi Ishoot
A neighbor of mine just had a beautiful natural stone wall done at his place, no mortor, done old school. Solid as a rockc(no pun intended lol), done quick, clean, very professional, and best of all it looks like it has been there for over 100 years and it is also a retaining wall

if you want I can ask him for the guys info and give it to you

ishoot308,

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...901#post127901

Hope this helps.



Terry
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Thanks, but I should have been a little more specific...The stone wall is completely done. It's nothing spectacular just the natural stones that came from the island. We are using them for a small retaining wall in front of our camp and need mortar infill to keep dirt from flowing through when it rains. I have attached a pic to help describe what I am looking for.

Dan

Gotcha
I honestly think, and I am not a mason,
that the only right way to fix that is to have the wall done over the correct way, because what is behind the wall is washing away through it, so if you just fill in from the front, the wall will retain the water and will crack out again when freezing.
so there should be scuppers in the wall to let the water drain through to the other side or drainage behind the wall
What is happening is the water builds up behind the wall and found its way out between the rocks that would not move, that wall will be under a huge load if you block up all that open space. You either have to put drains in it or fill in behind it with drainage stone and have the water travel underneath the stone.

My disclaimer:
Sorry to tell you that, but again I am not a mason, but have seen it before, and do not claim to be an expert

Hi AC;

You may be right...

Since that picture was taken we have put many plantings (shrubs, flowers, etc, etc) in that area then put bark mulch down and this stopped most of the wash out through the rocks. I was hoping the mortar would put the finishing touch on it and help make it look better also. I was hoping a good mason would be able to do this...

Thanks!

Dan

Good luck! I hope you get it fixed and they can do it, it would be a shame to have to redo cause it is a nice wall, I love naturescaping and stonescaping especially cause there are endless possibilities to create a one offs for yourself in your own visions

I can say it does look nice especially with the patio brick below it!

I am such a meathead
 

I forgot to mention a cheap fix with a little bit of labor on your end, nice weekend morning thing to do

We had this issue on a raise flower bed we have, the dirt and what not was coming through the small paver wall we had. I dug out behind it, just enough to reach down to the bottom, only the smallest width shovel like a 4 inch edger one
Then I took the cheapest window screen material I could find and used it as a backing to the wall. Then just back filled the dirt

Problem solved, water pours out, no dirt or anything else with it
Works great almost 6 years later still

They make a fabric that they sell at home improvement stores for just that purpose. (Filter Fabric)

Hello Ishoot...
 

My name is Brendan Olden, and I am a mason. I would be more than happy to take a look at your wall. Feel free to give me a buzz any time.

Brendan Olden
Branching Walls Masonry
www.branchingwalls.com
(603)455-5068