The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:52 pm**

theres churches 800 years old built out of it clive
it is difficult to use but of course back in the day it was free,very little good stone down this way (well none in fact) so flint was used
here is my local church st marys

built with flint and totternhoe stone
if you go 10 miles up the road you get sandstone churches

which as well are just the local stone
the reason the big stone is near the bottom giles is logical
its heavier,who wants to load the big ones up on to scaffold?
human nature dictates that you use the heavier stuff nearer the ground unless otherwise told
cheers LLL

Posted: **Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:29 pm**

Must be a different technique to that used in the video as that looked like facing off block work Im guessing you are going to have to use bigger bits of flint going back into the wall to have any sort of strength.

Having the smaller stuff at the top and the bigger stuff at the bottom is structurally more sound way of building. Having all that weight in the top of the wall where the load is least would work counter ie that weight wants to get back on the ground...if that makes sense. In the same way a retaining wall tappers to the top where the load is least. I stated out with my 'hard scape skills' building dry stone walls this way in the High Peak for NT

Clive

Posted: **Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:14 pm**

Surely if the wall is say 300mm thick all the way up, a square metre of stone work at the bottom will weigh the same as a square metre of stone work at the top? regardless of whether it is built out of big or little stones :rock:

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