Basement Stone Walls 

The person that built that wall did an excellent job. ❤❤❤

This is a work of art. Photographs of this could be in a museum. Thank you for producing this video and the work that went into it.

Nice to see people showcasing the art and craftsmanship of the stone masons who took the time and effort to build these walls rather than just cover them up!!!

I haven’t watched my video for 5 years. Wow! It’s so satisfying to see. So many basements since. Cool teaching quality like Bob Ross.

one of the most labor intensive jobs i've seen in a while. looks great.

FINALLY FOUND THE VIDEO I WAS LOOKING FOR CANT WAIT TO WORK ON MY BASEMENT THANKS BROTHER FOR SHARING WITH US REALLY APPRECIATE IT

Looks great! I was looking for video on how to repair shale wall, but watched yours instead. It's a hard and tedious work, but at the end looks great! I bet customer is happy

Truly an master of your trade brother, beautiful job

I watch this about once every few months….amazing work👍

What a cool basement and an excellent job. Looks great.

Can't believe they covered that beautiful stone work , stone is the best and the most beautiful ! great job dude

i’ve watched this video like 4 times and it pisses me off every time. the one time that i’d actually hire somebody to do a job for me, they’re not anywhere near where i live. amazing work dude, that’s a thing of beauty.

Great work, very nice outcome!

This is high quality. Great to have a standard like this for people to see. Thanks.

Wow. Beautiful work.

Wow, really fantastic work and attention to detail!

Absolutely gorgeous results 😍

Excellent work

Beautiful job! Before & after was amazing!

Nice work! I hope for you it’s a two or three family home but and hold! Today not many people want to do that work. They just don’t give s $hit. Respect ✊ That is a lasting job.

Looks great.

Kudos to you guys 👏

Nice job. Love it.

Excellent work 👍

Excellent job

This came out amazing!!

Beautiful job!

gorgeous basement.

Looks great!

Thanks for this helpful video!

My girlfriend and I are doing our 170 year old stone foundation. Man she is tough for we are limited equipment and doing it the hard way with hammer and chisel. No, not air hammers but hand powered hammers. We are also mixing mortar with a shovel and tray. Slowly but surely comin along and looking nice. We are chiseling all of it, not just those loose pieces.

Power hom and beautiful 🏠👍nice

Great clean job! Just a suggestion from my own experience in the Construction industry I have found out the better of doing this work is that you fill an approx a 3' x 3' + - wall area, and then use a flat steel masonry strike to pack the mortar into the joints for better structural bonding and smooth it out at the same time, it always gives you a better product and better looking wall with disting joints.. Like I said it's just a suggestion...

Jesus i would not have the patience for this. Props to you man

That's exactly the look I'm after for my dungeon.

Fabulous job 👏👏👏

Yeah, great job! Like the vintage european stone look.

Awesome job mate! I just aquired an old victorian church with a stone basement... might give this a go

That’s a beautiful foundation. I would love to have one

thanks for posting this...👍

what a fantastic job

Looks amazing man

Awesome job bro

I like the way !

Great job!

It looks great 👍

looks sharp and pops good job

looks really great, i personally use my own mix of Type S Lehigh cement with masonry cement and additive of cement fortifier, but to each their own and I also know it depends on the area you live in.Im in Texas just to be clear

Beautiful!

Looks fantastic!!! Wish ya'll were in PA!

excellent job

I acid wash to bring out the shimmer then tuck point with a tinted mud. Sharp looking stone for its age. Usually round field stone with huge joints around here.

Thank you for information. Very useful. We are buying stone houses in Italy and we are looking to restore them.

Great job. Thanks

Totally awesome

wow great LOOKING JOB

looks great!!

looks great

Absolutely fantastic! now all you need are some shackles and chains. Maybe a rack or an iron maiden?

It looks a million times better than a parged finish.

Excellent!

Can't front bro, Really nice. The prep, pastry pointing, brushing, finish, sealing.. 2 thumbs up.

Beautiful

That's awesome that you're using your shirt as a dust mask I do that regularly

Most helpful vid on RU-vid

Nice render

well done

My god, that is so much work. Your hands must have been totally in spasms . Feel for ya.

Very clean, polished end result.

Excellent video, very informative. I wish you lived closer to me, I am in northern NY, 10 miles from Canadian border. I have had no luck trying to find competent help here for my stone foundation.

BEAUTIFUL JOB. IVE SEEN MANY GUYS TRY BUT THE FINISH PRODUCT IS A MESS. GREAT LOOK AND SHOULD LAST A VERY VERY LONG TIME‼️👍‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸

Easy.... I could do that If I had ten months !!! Amazing

All of the premixed mortars as you buy in a bag are mixed to meet predetermined specs. The ratio of portland cement to lime and sand determines how hard the mix will get. Workability is often overlooked when making these products and they often seem high in sand content but they still produce a product that will meet the mix spec. ASTM standards give a crush strength for type S and type N and they can be mixed high and low on the scale. I worked in the masonry trade for over 40 years. The premixed products are relatively new in the whole picture. The wall you are tuck pointing looks to have mortar that is very bad and looks to be doing nothing. As old as that home and the walls look I doubt if any new style portland cement was used. Probably old slack lime and sand. Since the wall is 1. a bearing wall it is structural and use of type S mortar is called for. 2. it appears that the mortar in the old wall is so bad that I would say there is a good probability that moisture will seep through the wall. 3. The wall is below grade which would call for type S mortar also. Some engineers will spec type M mortar which is all portland cement with no lime when placing below grade. I would say that for all things considered the use of type S mortar would be the best. Also you could mix in some water proofing additive. The term is thumb print hard when determining when it should be tooled. Also the grout bag does not force the mortar into the back of the open joints. The use of a tuck pointing tool would compress the mortar into the joints and should be used. Type N mortar is normally used for veneer situations like brick on a house where strength is not the 1st requirement. N mortar is usually one part lime and one part portland with the required amount of sand. The less sand usually makes the mortar harder and also makes it stickyer which can give it better workability. Increasing the amount of cement will also make it easier to force out of the grout bag and will speed drying time. I would not use type N on these basement walls. You can buy type S that is made for this situation but usually not in the box stores. You have to go to Spec Mix or some one like that.

Number 1, glad I found this video, Number 2, glad it was made by a guy in the twin cities. Number 3, ill probably be calling you

great job, a horror turned into an amazing stone foundation

Looks like the best contractors I’ve seen on RU-vid are located in MN. I leave in Phila,Pa. not so good

great work. it looks good. I used type S for below grade applications & type N for above usually.

Much better look than the plaster coat.

Gorgeous. Buying my first home soon and I want our basement to look like old stone whether it be real or fake.

Such beautiful stones behind that horrible plaster

Looks very satisfying. Do you also evaluate the outside when you take on a job like this? Do you look at possible sources of water and places it builds up?

My basements limestone, probably will be using just type n mortar mix with a binding agent. But some good techniques in here

Nice job. A medium hard brush and thick leather gloves makes the last stage easier

Thanks

Purchased a home with a very solid stone(rocks & mortar) walled basement. Basement flooring covered in two inches of dust from the cement corroding. Touch the wall & the cement turns to dust. Two contractors say, nothing to be concerned. The basement has several decades(built in 1932!), of confidence. Still, I wanna cover one wall completely, maybe using just plywood, for my Man Cave. Wife does not like the creepy dungeon basement.

Similar to my sandstone mud cellar wall 1850 UK. Leaks water now. Need to repoint.

اذا كانت الشقوق بين الحجر ضيقه فبامكانك استخدام عبوة السلكون الفارغه ومكبس السلكون ايضا كما كنت افعل قبل 30 سنة مضت شكرا لكم على الايضاح وعلى هذا الفيديو المفيد جدا

Nice

Stone wall is very good in foundation but it's very time consuming and expensive currently I working on dry stonemasonry which has 240 ft length and 9 feet height I thing it's labours expensis is approximately 2500 $ except dubbing tipping plastering and waterproofing Coates.....

Great job!!! I found your video while looking for this type of work for my basement. This is exactly what I need for my basement project. What type of contractor would I need to hire to do this type of work? A stonemason is where my current research leans to. Please redirect me if I’m mistaken.

Muito bem👍👍👏👏

Color me "amazed" at the outcome. Ques: Is there a reason the deeper locations were not brought up to the plane of the wall? Thoughts?

Very beautiful. Do you have any examples of a darkened mortar grout line?

Just curious - what type of warranty do you offer on work like this? Most of the basement waterproofing folks around here just want to hang vapor barrier and let the water keep coming into a french drain. Wondering if this is a viable alternative. Thx

Did you cement around the pipes on the wall too? How far did you dig into the walls with the power tool? Very nice job by the way.

Would this work for a river stone foundation? Old parge is flaking and bulging out. Beautiful work btw.

Great job I just did my 1887 old home. I found out our techniques different just different. 1- my father always time to always shopvack

I had a mason do a little work on one of my basement's stone walls and he (like the TOH people) added a latex product (I think it was Sika Latex R; he called it "mason's milk") to the mortar to help with adhesion. Is that something you do or does the kind of stone you work with and your skill at application (maybe better surface prep?) mean it is not necessary? Thank you for the video! My basement in Massachusetts needs a looooot of work (I think I can do it).The walls also seems to be parged with a material that includes horsehair. I know horsehair was used in plaster, but I didn't realize that was used in stone basements, too.

Great work!

You do a beautiful job! I live in NE Ohio and the lower half of my basement is constructed with round stones - not sure what type you would call them. I recently had my exterior water line replaced and they drilled thru the wall. Now my wall is leaking in that area when we have heavy rain. Would I use the same mixture you used to fill in around my stones? Thanks for any advise you can give me. Again, excellent job.