Building stone walls on a remote Scottish island!

[@andrewmcdonald7077]

Man, that fireplace is a beauty.

[@drystone-tv]

We were really happy with it! especially under such time pressure I'm so glad with how it turned out. Would love to go back and see it cleaned off and planted up!

[@SuperBen421]

Nice to see your production quality improve so much over the years

[@drystone-tv]

@SuperBen421 hey thanks! That means a lot , I've got a lot to learn still but I enjoy the process! Cheers for watching.

[@warwickpadmore4644]

Great team, great spirit, challenging conditions, stunning wall!

[@drystone-tv]

It was a great trip all round! Thanks for watching

[@CoconutInformation]

F'n incredible for 6 days! Great video, hope they paid u well.

[@drystone-tv]

6 days and we were stood around for most of the first day haha! Good stone and a good team, that's the secret.

[@icedrum555]

You and your team are amazing! Great work 😎👌🌴

[@drystone-tv]

Thank you! We don't get to work together that often so this job was a real treat.

[@icedrum555]

@@drystone-tv Nice one!

[@bristolveggiebeds5310]

Stunning work!

[@drystone-tv]

Thanks!

[@RobertLeroux-b3v]

wow, what skill, be proud of yourselves!

[@drystone-tv]

Thank you! It's an enjoyable job, especially when you've got a great cree.

[@bigjmal]

Island time by the look of it.

[@MattLaMarche]

Incredible work. Would your crew take a trip to the USA for a week?

[@drystone-tv]

@@MattLaMarche Absolutely ! Where are you based?

[@phil3572]

What would you recommend as the mortar mix as on that pillar you did for such exposed locations, and would it have lime in it at all? Just thinking if there'd need to be any flex for frost heave & contraction for something I'm thinking of, or would you personally prefer to keep it dry stone as a rule? We can get down to minus 15 to 20 C regularly where we are.

[@drystone-tv]

You know that is a really good question and something I'm not sure I have a perfect answer for. Round pillars in general are not a structure I would recommend building dry, they are fine for a time of course but without batter or throughs or tail-binding from side to side as you would get in a normal wall, I think they are likely to spread over time. To counter that problem you would firstly want to have a really good base for it, either compacted stone or concrete. Personally this is one instance where I would use concrete as any movement will see the demise of the pillar. As for mortar, if you've got your base solid then anything would be fine. Maybe an NHL lime so it cures all the way through?

[@phil3572]

Makes sense. Cheers.

[@Rockall57]

6:1 to 8:1 plenty, why because the wall is technically stronger than the cement..that is for external garden type walls and don't use hydraulic lime. If it's internal or house,barn type walls then 3:1 to 4:1.. using HL5 and a dash of Portland per mix .

[@phil3572]

​@@Rockall57Yes, that seems to make sense to me, so lime putty perhaps with 6 or 8 of sand plus a dash of portland for a bit of extra weathering/temperature robustness you mean ? Cheers

[@phil3572]

Not surprised about architect. Maybe was right, but a lot of them think they're Frank Lloyd Wright or Howard Roark ! Great looking job though.

[@drystone-tv]

Yeah I think in this case neither us nor him were 'right' , just a case of 2 strong willed people 😄. It was lucky for us the landscape architect talked him round.

[@Rockall57]

Who's the digger driver in your team 😂

[@drystone-tv]

haha... no comment