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Thank you! Bryce and Martin are top of their game.

Can’t speak for the other fellows, but I agree 100%. No issue with private accreditation systems though.

​ If some body or animal bush the Dry stone wall is it collapsed?

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Thank you!

Dude I WISH I had old walls! You totally should!

@@AxeAndAnvil I don't think any of these were ever dry stacked. Most of the walls around here were just piled up, probably as they were dug out of the fields. The dry stack looks nice though. A lot of the rocks around here seem to be more roundish, I wonder how well they can be dry stacked. Seems more like a flat stone thing.

I would love to do the same. I have a ton of stacked rock, but most are big and heavy.

@@GreasyLuckForgeI’ve seen some really great drystack with round and egg shaped river rock. It takes a lot of patience and fitting, and probably at least one more course thick.

Thanks! I believe it varies with the job, region, ground type, and craftsman. Everything from poured concrete footings to packed gravel to just scraping off the top few inches of topsoil and building up from there.

Blake, that is a good question- and it all depends on how well the wall is made, how good the stone is, and what the ground is like that it’s built on. Done right, it oughtta be good for a hundred years at least. There are plenty of dry stacked structures around that are many centuries old.

Thanks! In America, there’s no set rates for dry walling and very little competition. Build a good reputation and charge whatever makes it worth it. Every good waller I know of doesn’t lack for work, and every decent businessperson knows you should charge whatever makes the work worthwhile. As demand for your services goes up, so can the price.

Laziness Typical

There are still good kids that love hard work. The are a minority, sure- but let’s focus on encouraging them.

Actually, while variation in the rock definitely does demand adaptation, you’d be shocked how good a wall these guys can build with roundish or irregular stone. If you’re on Instagram, get on Bryce’s account and look back through it.

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1. That is incredibly cool that you have that heritage of many generations of masons in your family! 2. No one is saying you HAVE to get certified, but the program is a good one for those that DON’T have the heritage and training you do. 3. It is truly sad how many people don’t value real, lasting craftsmanship- but it is also really cool just how many people do. I know of quite a handful of wallers and other dry stone masons in the US that do it full time and don’t lack for work.

@@AxeAndAnvil Sorry if my comment made me come off the wrong way. Texting is not like having a conversation. I see the value and benefit in the school and certification. A guy at work has many dry stack retaining walls on his property here in western PA. He messed up and messed with one, and now needs repaired. That being said it wasn't built right by the old farmer back in the day. He was looking at replacing with versa block until he found out the cost. I asked him why not just tear it down and repair it? He had never even considered it. Then he said" I have no idea how and some stones are to heavy". I told him get a sledge hammer, and if he supplied the labor, then I would supply the knowledge and teach him. We shall see. He was talking about how long it would take. Lol I told him if he had started when it hapoened he'd already been done already. Hate to say it but people are just lazy nowadays generally speaking.

For the protection of innocent people from violent crime. Same reason we have armed police- except they are usually late to the scene. Not likely to ever need the pistol, but if I do I’d rather have it than not.

It’s good for you! 😂

Excuse me? It’s a teaching site, pretty sure that is stated in the video. These walls are built by students and instructors, then they’re torn down and started again. They weren’t staged fof the video.