Nothing, this is the benefit of doing a natural stone in dry stack. Minimal movement and settlement is not obvious to the eye. Since there is no pattern it appears natural and again minor movement doesn’t effect the appearance.
I'm beginning a project very similar to this but I started with a 2 foot by 2 foot by 40 foot concrete footing. Maybe overkill, lol, but this stone is very dense and heavy and the top layer will continue back away from the wall over a mortared stone roadbed so there can NOT be any movement. I'll be compacting every layer of backfill with every layer of stone. We do want a sheet of water to flow over the face for aesthetics so I've put a slight pitch on the footing away from the rock face to prevent back flow under the wall and we'll be putting down a compacted base of 2" rock then some thinner flat rock all along the base to avoid wash. I've never done this before but I think I have a better grasp on best building practices than these so-called professionals.
The advice in this video fails to adhere to even the most basic best practices generously dispensed for free online by numerous dry stone walling associations. Proper retaining walls have stones consistently running length in, employ a second wall behind the face with the cavity in between carefully packed with hearting, and do not have running joints. Stone on stone friction is essential, therefor there is no such thing as mud joints, stones are pinned with small wedge shaped stones to eliminate movement. A walls longevity is predicated on minimizing movement, while allowing it to be self draining. To toss dirt between courses is to fundamentally fail to understand this methodology. To go a step further and recklessly suggest that cap stones sitting atop these unsecured courses could then be mortared, is to invite the wall to fail even more quickly, dooming those mortared sections to a landfill. This homeowner should not have had to pay for such poor craftsmanship.
This entire video is incredibly confusing. What is Exmark doing a residential retaining wall project in such an unprofessional manner for? I can't make sense of it.
@@DigItMNIt's basically a rubble pile... There MAY be functionality, don't know what's behind the wall (didn't want to watch it after just one look at it)... But it is definitely ugly and weak from too many vertical seams going through multiple layers. Wasn't going to criticize the Video, but you asked. This is a definite 'How Not To' video. Stone work lasts for a long time, and should be artistically impressive... This is not it. It shouts 'low rent' from 10 miles away. Again, apologies to the video... But do better.
So what happens when the soil breaks down and the wall isn’t level anymore ?
Nothing, this is the benefit of doing a natural stone in dry stack. Minimal movement and settlement is not obvious to the eye. Since there is no pattern it appears natural and again minor movement doesn’t effect the appearance.
3:48 He was going to cross his arms... changed his mind at the last second... and ended up awkwardly caressing himself
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I'm beginning a project very similar to this but I started with a 2 foot by 2 foot by 40 foot concrete footing. Maybe overkill, lol, but this stone is very dense and heavy and the top layer will continue back away from the wall over a mortared stone roadbed so there can NOT be any movement. I'll be compacting every layer of backfill with every layer of stone. We do want a sheet of water to flow over the face for aesthetics so I've put a slight pitch on the footing away from the rock face to prevent back flow under the wall and we'll be putting down a compacted base of 2" rock then some thinner flat rock all along the base to avoid wash. I've never done this before but I think I have a better grasp on best building practices than these so-called professionals.
The advice in this video fails to adhere to even the most basic best practices generously dispensed for free online by numerous dry stone walling associations. Proper retaining walls have stones consistently running length in, employ a second wall behind the face with the cavity in between carefully packed with hearting, and do not have running joints. Stone on stone friction is essential, therefor there is no such thing as mud joints, stones are pinned with small wedge shaped stones to eliminate movement. A walls longevity is predicated on minimizing movement, while allowing it to be self draining. To toss dirt between courses is to fundamentally fail to understand this methodology. To go a step further and recklessly suggest that cap stones sitting atop these unsecured courses could then be mortared, is to invite the wall to fail even more quickly, dooming those mortared sections to a landfill. This homeowner should not have had to pay for such poor craftsmanship.
This entire video is incredibly confusing. What is Exmark doing a residential retaining wall project in such an unprofessional manner for? I can't make sense of it.
Tell us how you really feel now, lol.
what about price?
Don’t even know where to start with this…..🤦♂️
Can anyone point out what kind of rock this is?
Very nice but that is not a weekend project that is a project for professionals I’ve been doing this for 30+ years
Why
@@DigItMNIt's basically a rubble pile... There MAY be functionality, don't know what's behind the wall (didn't want to watch it after just one look at it)... But it is definitely ugly and weak from too many vertical seams going through multiple layers. Wasn't going to criticize the Video, but you asked. This is a definite 'How Not To' video. Stone work lasts for a long time, and should be artistically impressive... This is not it. It shouts 'low rent' from 10 miles away.
Again, apologies to the video... But do better.
What keeps it from falling in when it rains
Hope.
How not to build a wall in 5 minutes
done in a weekend - with $30k and a crew of 12 lol
Don’t do this