WHAT I DO

I will lay your Hedge, Build or repair your Dry stone walling or plant new hedges.

Hedgelaying, Planting, Drystone Walling, Garden features, House stonework, hedgelaying, teaching, illustrated talks, Training in Hedgelaying, Stonework, Drystone Walling

I live and work in the North York Moors area



I'm a qualified hedgelayer and have laid hedges in Ireland, Holland and in the UK. I'm also a drystone waller and have built houses (and walls), garden features, gate entrances in Ireland, Australia and in England.

I've been told I'm a bit of walling and hedgelaying nerd. But I don't mind it because it's normal. Doesn't everyone stop and take pictures of these when they are on holiday?

Some of the site contains my work along with pictures of hedges, walls and walling features from places I've visited. It should be pretty obvious which is my work.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

A Perfect Repair?

I was recently asked whether my stonework is 'perfectly neat'.  The answer is not always,  nor should it be when you are carrying out a repair.  It is important to match the shape and style of the wall.  If the stone work isn't coursed then I'm not too sure you should make it coursed.  Similarly if it is coursed then you should endeavour to match the existing wall. 

 You can't make a silk purse out of a pig's ear - this is how the original wallers built the wall and it stood the test of time.  

 From the picture below my repair seen from side on doesn't appear very neat.  However most of the stones were put length in, where appropriate and there were a number of through stones - no new stone was used in this repair and the rather straggly tops matched the existing wall as can be seen from the second photograph.
Above = A repair of a wall in Goathland, N.YKS


But it matches the rest of the wall in style!!
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