The Ancient Art of Dry-Stone Walling. Ten Minutes With Tom

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  • @shewearswoolsocks2883
    @shewearswoolsocks2883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    After moving to our new home a few years ago we ended up with tons of rocks, every time we planted anything... rocks, rocks and more rocks... Needless to say after watching this video I knew what to do lol. Thank you so much for showing this craft, now I have a little rock wall around our gravel patio. I wish it was as nice as this one in Cumbria but... lol!
    Cheers from Canada!

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We had the same in Scotland where we lived for a time. But a neighbour got in a large rock crusher, and the thing produced gravel, which paid for the rock crusher!!!

    • @shewearswoolsocks2883
      @shewearswoolsocks2883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@balmesh lol now that sounds like it worked out nicely!
      Cheers!

    • @shewearswoolsocks2883
      @shewearswoolsocks2883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@balmesh hello! I have recently posted a video on my channel with a garden tour. About 3 minutes in you can see my little rock wall that you inspired. It"s not much but it might be good for a laugh! Cheers! and thank you!

  • @bryangriffith6509
    @bryangriffith6509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    with the quarantine i’ve started building rock walls in my yard.
    love it
    thanks for the knowledge.

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to help. Enjoy!

  • @TechnoMoffat
    @TechnoMoffat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video Alan. Nice to see this and it's quite a work of art.

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is indeed, and very difficult to get right - I tried, once!

  • @JessGDL2011
    @JessGDL2011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Tom, excellent example to work on it, is the shape and type of stone that I have on the hill. Greetings from Xalixco, blessings.

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks very much, Joe.

  • @colinblackwell5059
    @colinblackwell5059 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    that is really really awsome i love the way thay do that an ancient ART wall with dry rocks or stone it looks lovely

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Colin.

    • @colinblackwell5059
      @colinblackwell5059 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      no probs i love that how thay do the Ancient ART wall with dry stone walling it is awsome im likeing it :)

  • @BeytekinConstructionMachinery
    @BeytekinConstructionMachinery 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's an old kind of art! Nice :-)

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      As old as agriculture, Ben.

  • @rmd35501
    @rmd35501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many thanks.

  • @peterbrady1766
    @peterbrady1766 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Different but interesting video great work

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Peter.

  • @allythescot
    @allythescot 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Job there and Video Balmesh

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks a lot, Ally!

  • @SebastianWarth
    @SebastianWarth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good Video!

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Sebi.

  • @rustoration4199
    @rustoration4199 ปีที่แล้ว

    Proper dry stone walling 😎 it's the same where I am here in Cumbria, the stones aren't nice, flat and even like in a lot of the areas in Derbyshire and Yorkshire and elsewhere in the UK, just a random mix of random shaped and round'ish boulders back from when the land was cleared for fields.
    Many of the walls have been standing for centuries upon centuries, when one does get knocked down you almost always find interesting bits tucked away in the middle fill, no better way of spending a day than with a little stove for making tea and collapsed wall that needs rebuilding ❤️

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  ปีที่แล้ว

      Very true - a man's job, lifetime's experience required!!

  • @paystreak
    @paystreak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    greetings from british columbia canada.... first vid i can relate to having done that kind of work..... my first solo job working for my boss was a small wall 3 feet high 2 feet wide and about 40 feet long ..contoured to the landscape ....day one 3 big dump trucks of rock ..said to my bosss thats a lot of rocks he said probably not eneough... i got it done ..one thing i found amazing was there would be an empty space in the wall and out of all those rocks i knew where to find it ...i lived in england for years..country drives and seeing miles and miles of dry stacked rocks talk about sweat work ....i go gold prospecting here in b.c. in some rivers there are dry stacked walls of rocks sometimes running for a mile ...made by chinese miners who would stack the rocks just to get them out of the way or in order to make wing dams to divert the river for mining anyways nice to see your hands on work.... mickey miner

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm delighted that you found it interesting. I'd have stayed longer but it started raining . . .

    • @robs9574
      @robs9574 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have some nice dry stacked walls on my claims as well. Not haphazardly stacked like we do today when mining. lol Heavy pans to ya

  • @havetrolden6153
    @havetrolden6153 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice work

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Cheers!

  • @webbwalle
    @webbwalle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Respect!

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Y es!!!

  • @stone.structures
    @stone.structures 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Messy work but it works somehow :) great!

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It does! Thanks!

  • @MaFed191080
    @MaFed191080 ปีที่แล้ว

    Думал что у нас в Санкт Петербурге Россия проблемы с камнями. Оказывается их не так много.
    Мне не хватает этих камней чтобы поднять стену 50см. Нужно завозить с карьера.
    Спасибо, за Ваш труд.

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  ปีที่แล้ว

      Here, the stones are thick enough to build a wall and have enough left over for another!

    • @MaFed191080
      @MaFed191080 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@balmesh У вас камни достаточно небольшие. У меня стена собрана из камней размером с колесо автомобиля. У нас таких больше в нашей местности. Переносить проблематичней, но укладывать легче. Они монолитней укладываются не сдвигаются в дальнейшем. Также сделал подпорную стенку у беседки и цоколь. Your stones are quite small. My wall is made of stones the size of a car wheel. We have more of them in our area. It is more problematic to transfer, but it is easier to stack. They fit more solidly and do not shift in the future. I also made a retaining wall at the gazebo and a basement.

  • @kennymacm3031
    @kennymacm3031 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I did a week's course about twenty years ago just for interest having patched a couple of holes previously.
    I'm a way off being a master stonemason but it's 1:9 theory: practice.
    I should just get practicing

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe you! I tried when we were up in Scotland and it's not easy!!

  • @bryanplayfair121
    @bryanplayfair121 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is the wall for

    • @ginger8383
      @ginger8383 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's for storing rocks from the field

    • @allythescot
      @allythescot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ginger8383 its Purpose is to keep farm animals enclosed

  • @dansneyd4646
    @dansneyd4646 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could of watched that for another hour at least

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You would have got wet! I went off when it started to rain - not good for cameras :)

  • @winkindinkin7870
    @winkindinkin7870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What happens when you lean against it

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It bites you!

    • @MrChris7582
      @MrChris7582 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      nothing its a rock wall. we have them all over new england where I live if built correctly they will last hundreds of years like many rock walls here do.

    • @allythescot
      @allythescot 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@balmesh lol

  • @pommygeezer9309
    @pommygeezer9309 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back made of steel

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha - yes!

  • @jettrink7510
    @jettrink7510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If more people would try this it would be a better world.

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True . .

  • @lksf9820
    @lksf9820 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    About 2.5 minutes with Tom

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha! The video covered 10 minutes, you get to see 2.5 minutes of it (free!!)

  • @claudioalvesmesquitakaue7009
    @claudioalvesmesquitakaue7009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    BOA

  • @lllordllloyd
    @lllordllloyd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No bullshit, no girlfriend in hot pants, no hipster wankery. Thanks mate.

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome!

  • @sevasvideo2952
    @sevasvideo2952 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    развалиться!

    • @balmesh
      @balmesh  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Possible