From my experience, Whatever rock you slap on top of another rock to let gravity sit the stone just right, unless it’s Pennsylvania fieldstone, “ you have to roll, move, or spin it at least 5 times “ to get the right fit. half the time I can just slap it right on the first shot, but it takes an “eye to know which stone you need” and what surface you’re gonna slap it in, you have to read the stone you pick. Read the area where the stone will fall. And remember not to create any fault lines to weaken the wall, stagger the fall lines Like the gray cement in red brick walls He’s working with round boulders that’s even harder to fit. Great job great info. Keep up the good work.✨👍🏻
You are the man! Love all of your top notch tips, and tricks. The blueprint for the system you laid out is light years ahead of the advice I have gotten from consultations with professional landscapers. Once they realize I want to do it myself and save a fortune instead of hiring them, they seem to check out instantly. I am finally confident enough to start building the boulder retaining walls I’ve had on hold for way too long, and it’s all thanks to you my friend. Subscribed to your channel in a heartbeat but wish I could offer you straight cash for all of your money advice my man. Cheers!
They are normally priced by weight. The cost is dependent on where u purchase them. Buying from a garden center can be pricey. I buy from a rock Corey but sometimes u might find someone from Facebook market place selling too. Couple options:) Thanks for watching an best of luck with your wall! Lake Warrior
Why do you need to put stone behind the fabric? I thought the point of the fabric is to prevent dirt from mixing with the crushed stone, but by putting the crushed stone behind, it will mix with the dirt for sure. (I have a project where I need to transport all materials by hand (crushed stone in buckets), so I am trying to minimize the amount of stone I need to transport. Could I would just use the dirt I dug to put behind the fabric?
The reason why u need the stone behind the rocks is to prevent the wall from sinking into the dirt behind the wall. Since the wall is being built at a slight angle back as you stack stones on each layer the crushed stone behind the boulders give you a solid foundation as u go up. What separates the dirt is the fabric which is behind the crushed stone. Now, in your situation depending on how big the wall is you might get away with only doing stone behind the first layer of boulders. Just be sure to use the fabric otherwise your wall will be covered in weeds because the dirt will seep through the rocks. Hope this helps! Best of luck! Lake Warrior
@@Aleczeratul I like doing it on both sides because it helps stabilize the stack of boulders going up. That said it’s not a requirement, matter fact one of my landscaping buddy’s asked me why I did that too.. he only does stone between the boulders and fabric. In your situation I would only put it on one side! Best of luck with your project! Lake warrior
Just took this project on. Did all the prep work and will be stacking stones tomorrow. This was tremendously helpful. By the way, I made the same mistake as you and forgot to add the landscape fabric before I filled the trench with stone. Will be laying fabric on top just like you did. Hopefully it won’t make a difference. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
@@dmills7375 Ya no worries on the landscape fabric. The only reason I mention putting it in before the gravel is it holds it in place alittle better. Sounds like your off an running! Best of luck on your project! Lake Warrior
