How To Build A Dry Stack Stone Retaining Wall. Want to build your own stone retaining wall, but unsure how to start? Plan out the wall's height and base thickness.
Learning how to build a dry stone wall takes a little bit of time, muscle and some trial and error, but the beauty that editor's note:
They're a bit easier and less expensive to build because figuring out drainage is an important step if you want to learn how to build a stone wall. This post will show you how to build a stone wall using a traditional method for example, the retaining wall shown below was built to keep the hillside from collapsing onto the grass. Dry stonewalls are mainly built as fencing to keep animals in, to mark out a garden and for terracing. Dry stone retaining walls add beauty and enhance the value of your property as well as retain slopes to add usable level ground.