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Title: Building Stone Walls by John Vivian ISBN: 0-88266-074-8 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: September, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent overview; good first book on building with stone
Comment: Compact and concise, John Vivian's "Building Stone Walls" is a book that you can take with you while collecting (or buying) stone for your project, preparing the location, and building your wall. It offers a good overview of stacking stone, as well as a couple of less common ways of using stone (re-channeling moving water, for example). Best of all, it has some very practical, timesaving tips, particularly advice about when it is necessary to start with a trench and gravel base and when it is not.
With our particular project - building a retaining wall with field stone recycled from decaying fences around our house in the Catskills - we found that Vivian's book did not include quite enough detail. He only supplies a few paragraphs on the construction of a retaining wall, though to be fair, what information he gives is practical. By itself, however, this would not have been enough to guide us through the project.
For more detailed information on retaining walls, we turned to "The Granite Kiss", "Stone in the Garden" and "The Art and Craft of Stonescaping." Keep in mind, however, that the latter two books are more lavishly illustrated, a cross between a how-to book and a coffee-table book, so you probably would not take them out in the field.
That said, if you have never worked with stone, and want to get an idea of what is involved in planning and preparation, finding and moving stone, and building a wall, Vivian's book is a practical and inexpensive book to buy first. Five stars for useful, concise information in a very usable format.
Rating: 2
Summary: Very brief, minimal detail.
Comment: This book concentrates on dry stone walls, even though the title does specifically say this. Although the book does mention mortar stone walls, minimal detail and description is provided. One could not possibly build a mortar stone wall from reading this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: worth it just for the philosophy
Comment: This delightful, practical book is worth buying just for the first page of the introduction which is as simple, wise, and true as anything I have ever read -- about walls or about life. The book contains good, solid advice about technique and safety, and provides support for the right way of thinking and planning when you are about to build something that might stand for centuries.
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Title: The Art And Craft of Stonescaping: Setting & Stacking Stone by David Reed ISBN: 1579900186 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: 31 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Building Stone Walls by Charles McRaven ISBN: 1580172652 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Stonework: Techniques and Projects by Charles McRaven, Elizabeth McHale ISBN: 0882669761 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Building With Stone by Charles McRaven, Chandis Ingenthron ISBN: 0882665502 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: August, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-By-Step Guide for Owner-Builders by Charles K. Long ISBN: 1552092984 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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