Natural Stone Wall Repair - Ottawa Case study. techniques, photos, masonry services. Stone fireplaces, cultured stone.

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Case Study 12 - Stone Wall Rebuild The Assignment: Take the leaning wall down, rebuild the footing. Build the wall with stronger support, remove the lean. The Underlying Problem: This 100 year old wall's footings had failed, causing the wall to lean. Vines had also helped create damage, digging into the mortar. Due to the lean, and further damage up the hill, many joints had failed. Being on a hill, the slope and street vibrations contributed to failure.
	Poorly Built Over the years, repairs had been made, but not nicely.
Demolition Removing the cap and stones carefully. The wall went nearly 3 feet below grade. Sorting the stones was important: some above grade, others below.
	Building with Mortar The base is 3 feet below grade. Rebar and concrete form the base. Layer by layer, with more rebar.
Custom Fitting Chipping stones to fit precisely.
	Caps formed, Dyed to Blend The caps are concrete, with Black dye to blend in. Rebar and steel wire mesh reinforce the caps.
Three sections built Bottom, middle and top caps done. Just a little clean-up and it's all done.
	Cleaned Up

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