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Old 04-07-2003, 09:47 PM
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I don't know if you understand how much you will need to do a project like this?......... At 5.5' to 6' high a dry laid wall, the base of the stone would be 4' wide, you would be looking 1.5-1.8 tons of stone per foot of wall...... could it be done sure. I don't know how you would get the stone I would like to see it palletized, mostly flat peices say 3' X 1'- 4' x 4"-12" (W X D X T). It could be installed dry laid but if th public is going to use it I would wet lay it. As far as foundation needed, I would need to see what your sub-soils (soil boreings) are but most likey you are right a poured foundation would be needed so at that point it might be faster and easier to "face" a poured concrete wall. A veneer wall like this could be much thinner and require much less stone but lots more concrete (say 5'-6' of 6" thick wall with 3'-4' of 18" buried)
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