A beautiful stone wall...yours with just a rock pile, a few tools, and this book! Building Stone Walls tells you all you need to know to build your own sturdy walls. Carefully detailed, clear drawings show the techniques to follow -- and how to avoid problems. Learn here about: -- wall foundations -- basic "one-over-two" method -- chinking "in" or "out" -- height-to-width formula -- using lower quality stone -- building retaining walls -- building in gates, fences, and stiles -- moving stone, boulders. Excellent example photos show good and poor walls, while the author's lively text tells you how to build, step-by-step. Slopes, drainage problems, using rubble -- these challenges and more are thoroughly covered. If stone is your material, then this is the book for you.