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How to seal crevices in dry stack rock wall to prevent gopher activity?
I've recently had a retainer wall built in the landscape using the dry-stack method (see photos). Unfortunately, there has already been two occasions within past month of gopher activity behind the ...
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Hanging string lights from stone
I have several solid stone pillars (approx 4' high) running along the edge of my patio. I would like to hang string lights along the stones using something like Q-Hanger hooks. But I do not know how ...
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Widening the stone entrance into a crawlspace
I've got a 200 year old house with a crawl space under one corner of the house. The entrance to that crawl space is very tight (pictured below), and I am a large man. I want to expand the entrance to ...
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How are these installed and how can I remove them?
New home. Hate the tiny shelves. Want to remove them, put a normal mantle in, and a TV above.
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Stone compaction on placement
Good morning,
I'm currently working on a crew installing 18" RCP storm sewer and our company is back filling the trench with uncompacted #8 stone. I've mentioned the fact that there will be future ...
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Should I seal sandstone? Based in UK
Deciding between porcelain 18mm and sandstone 24mm both grey.
The porcelain cost about 1/3 more however if i have to seal the sandstone the cost isnt that different and over time probably works out ...
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Repointing stone basement
I am looking into which cement to use to repoint our old house (built ~1900) stone basement. I found conflicting advice, some suggesting type N or type S is fine, but some sources suggest that ...
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How to cut pumice? [closed]
I've found a few pumice rocks at the beach, from the size of an egg to about a handball. I've boiled them and left them in diluted bleach for a while to disinfect and clean. Now I'd like to cut some ...
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Correctly dealing with crumbling basement walls
I have an older home with stone foundation and some type of crumbling lath covering it. After doing some rearranging in my basement I cleared a wall which I'm going to put shelves against. Before ...
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300mm diamond blade suitable for hard 100mm flint nodule/pebble concrete
I've got a 100mm 1920s subfloor slab to break up and remove, about 2x4m. The nearby surrounding masonry is fragile and I really want to avoid a breaker if I can, as there's considerable concern about ...
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Can I cover my kitchen stone floor with tiles?
I have this stone floor in my new kitchen, and I'm going to need to cover it with something. I'm not sure what kind of stone it is.
The floor is really cold in the winter, so I don't want to leave ...
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Bluestone pavers for front stoop?
In the fall I made a simple front stoop. It is 24 inches by 48 inches. That size feels just right. It has some brick-shaped things from Home Depot as the under layer, and then the top layer is ...
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How to build a mantel on rough stone fireplace
I have a very rough stone fireplace for which I'd like to hang a new mantel. Eventually I want to hang a flat screen and the new mantel will protect it from heat and such.
I have noodled this project ...
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What kind of stone makes the most porous fill? (french drain)
I need to create some drainage in the form of some dry wells and french drains. What kind of stone will maximize the porosity to get good water flow?
I originally thought just ordinary gravel, but a ...
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How do I break rotten boulders?
I have a lot of rocks around my house. Generally, I drill holes with a rotary hammer and then use wedges and feathers to split them. There are some that are rotten, however, and the wedge and feathers ...
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Repair fallen stone above fireplace
I have a stone arch stuck to the wall above my wood burning stove. One of the stones has fallen off and I’m not sure how to repair it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The stone that fell ...
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Placing stone over metal fireplace face. Is this possible?
let me start by saying I have seen mixed answers all over the web (and from professionals whom I have spoke to). At this point I wanted to hear thoughts from folks online.
As seen in my picture I am ...
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Convert concrete stairs to limestone stairs
I have a narrow concrete stair front door like so:
I want to make it larger and nicer like this
It doesn't need to be limestone but any outdoor stones/tiles is fine.
Some questions:
Can I make it "...
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Stone, Brick, Concrete. Which material is the heaviest per cubic inch?
I'm building a mobile fence and and have limit space to hold down my poles.
I wanted to know what is heaviest material per cubic inch.
Stone, Brick, Concrete... or What?
This is the limited space I ...
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secure river stones in our driveway
This is one of those "it looked good on paper, but not in practice" stories...
We have river stones in between concrete pads leading to our garage. They're pretty, but the stones migrate for a few ...
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How can I prevent bluestone mortar from degrading so quickly?
We live in Milwaukee, WI. Our front porch has a combination of bluestone pavers as well as brick on the stoops with mortar joints. We have had repeated problems with presumably water/expansion in ...
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Mounting a TV above a fireplace with an unknown stone
Just moving into a new place and I moved the TV in today. I took the old mount down and figured I would use it at the new place so I kept all of the screws. New house has a nice fireplace in the ...
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Looking to identify this material around the fireplace in my house
I’m debating between painting the outside of my fireplace vs tiling it but I’m not sure what this material is so I’m hoping you all can help me.
At first glance I thought it was tile but when I ...
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Resurface uneven stone fireplace
We owned this house for about 3.5 years and really interested in refacing this fireplace. Curious, can this be done? What are my options?
The stone sticks out at different angles and depths, our ...
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Changing gloss marble finish to honed finish
How can I tone down the gloss of a small marble countertop. It is currently high gloss, and I would like to reduce it to what is usually called a honed finish.
My inclination is to use wet emery ...
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How to handle large bluestone slabs
I'm looking for tips on how to handle large bluestone slabs. Each is 24" square, 1.5" thick, and weighs 80 lbs. They are geo-cut with thermal surface treatment.
Presently I have 100 of these slabs ...
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How to cut bluestone slabs
I'm installing a dry-laid patio covered with 24" square, 1.5" thick, geo-cut thermal bluestone slabs. These are the cuts I will need to make:
22 slabs will need a straight cut across the entire 24" ...
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How to correct this pointing?
This is a picture of the wall of my house:
I need to fix the pointing; I think it's causing water to enter around a window at one point, and it's generally a disaster.
The house is in the UK, built ...
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Best way to parge exterior stone foundation wall
I have a 1894 house with a stone/rock wall (limestone I think). The foundation is in decent shape for the most part but I would like to parge the exterior visible portion to give it a more modern look ...
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Is this retaining wall failing? [closed]
The picture below shows a retaining wall. It was hard to take a picture from a good angle, but it looks to me like the wall is showing a "belly" and the seams are opening up. But I'm not sure: perhaps ...
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Should I put grout or something else between hardwood floor and slate stone gap?
This is a new hardwood floor that is next to my slate stone flooring:
The cut was nice and there is about an inch gap in between:
My hardwood floor guy recommended to just leave it like that and not ...
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What is this glue layer on top of the slate stone flooring?
I ripped off the carpet which was installed on top of the slate stone flooring sometime back. I saw a layer of "glue-like"
I assume it is for the carpet to glue down, which it did not even do its job ...
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How to install fireplace mantel on stone fireplace
This is the stone fireplace in our house:
The rocks are quite big and the surface is very uneven.
We want to install this stone fireplace surround:
I have several questions:
I assume I have to cut ...
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Identify stone used for exterior veneer
I have some stone that I am trying to identify. It was installed as an exterior veneer on a house in Alberta.
At the moment, there is about 90 square feet of the stuff in the basement (removed to ...
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Foundation depth for mortared stone wall
I am building a mortared stone retaining wall and I am wondering on what depth to dig down for the foundation with which the stones will sit on. From what I gather from resarching, they say to dig ...
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Drilling into stone wall with plaster on top
I'm trying to hang a curtain rod. The wall is irregular stone, with plaster covering it. I have masonry bits, a drill, and an impact driver (no hammer drill, though I may be able to borrow one).
When ...
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How to make a cavity in a stone?
I'm installing a firewood rack outside, and want for one side of it to stand on a large stone we have there.
The boulder is irregularly shaped and the metal legs of the rack may slip off -- so I'd ...
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1790 brick Federal home with fieldstone foundation
We live in a 1790 brick federal upstate NY with a fieldstone foundation. The basement has above ground windows, and is the same footprint as the upstairs floors. The walls of the basement are all ...
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Can you install stone veneer at an angle?
I'm thinking of covering my brick fireplace with 6"x24" stone veneer panels and wondered about doing something like setting all the rows on an angle or having the left and right sides each angled up ...
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is it recomended to install 3/8" travertine stone tile directly onto drywall for a kitchen back splash
I am have a debate with a client and partner as to whether we need to install a hardy board over the existing drywall ( including with screws and adhesive ) before installing travertine for a kitchen ...
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Gabion walls as retaining walls?
There's a lot of information about DIY gabion walls, but none of the applications that I've seen on YouTube and elsewhere talk about gabion walls as retaining walls. I would imagine that a gabion wall ...
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What mesh to buy (and where to buy it) for gabion walls? [closed]
I'd like to build a DIY gabion wall. I've watched many tutorials, but I'm at a loss on where to buy the mesh the build the baskets from. I saw the mesh at the local Home Depot store and it was rusted, ...
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Unable to drill into window lintel - what have I got wrong?
I'm new to DIY so forgive my lack of knowledge! Just bought a house and have ordered blinds to fit inside the window recesses. Fitting them involves drilling into the top of the window recess to ...
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Stone surround repair advice
We have a stone surround to our fireplace. I have noticed stone/cement dust often around it. about a week ago this stone came loose when my son hit it with a toy car. I have now noticed at least one ...
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How do I cut this material to put in a coach light
I'd like to put in a coach light just like the one below on the other side of the garage. The garage isn't finished, so the wiring will be easy. But I'm not sure how to cut through this thick stone ...
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what is the most effective way to grout between ROUGH, SMALL stones? (picture)
This is my first tile job ever and I'm ready to grout. I used white 3" x 6" Daltile ceramic subway tile, and also an accent from Whispering Cliffs Mosaic Stone tile. I have attached two pictures:
I ...
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What is proper ratio of sand to portland cement to use for repairing a 30 yr old stone wall
I have a 30 year old stone 12" high stone wall that needs to be patched up.
There are small voids where stone has fallen out.
My question is what is the ratio of portland cement to sand used to ...
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Should Ceramic Columns be Covered for Winter in New York?
I live in a house that has decorative outdoor columns on our patio. Every year, for winter, I help my dad tie up the columns in a protective plastic wrapping. It usually takes all day Saturday, and ...
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How can I stop foot-prints showing in Vitrified paving?
We've had some vitrified paving laid at the front of the house. We're noticing that footprints are very visible (if someone comes to the door, we can see the exact route they took).
Is there a way ...
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why river stones needed close to foundation
I often observe that some houses have a strip of lawn adjacent to the foundation removed, and replaced with pebbles, river stone or alike.
I understand this does not serve only decorative purpose. ...
