Re: 25,000 cubic feet of stone



deans@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> No wrote:
> > Wether you could get enough stone to do the job off of your land would
> > depend on a lot of things. How much stone is there? How big is the lot? We
> > cant tell from here. A lot of land in areas of PA is almost 100% large
> > granite rocks on surface. Other areas will be just sandstone below the
> > topsoil. Given you are spending a pretty penny to build this house you may
> > want to consider hiring a geologist to survey the land to determine how much
> > usable rock you may have. They may need to excavate sections count rocks
> > then extrapolate from there.
> >
> > If it were me, I would buy the rocks. You can then pick what you want.
> > Cheapest will be what is available locally. My local stone distributor has a
> > huge selection and mocked up walls shocasing stone from all around the
> > country. Pretty impresinve actually. Some can get pricy.
> >
> > See http://www.rollrock.com/ and pay them a visit if you are close enough.
> >
> > "deans@xxxxxxxxxx" <William.Deans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1122329810.440816.211340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I am looking at building a stone house and guest house which will
> > > require some 25,000 cubic feet of stone. I would be interested in
> > > getting the stone off the land the house is built upon if I could do it
> > > and SAVE money. What are my options here? What equipment do I need?
> > > What are the pitfalls? How long will this take me (after all, I could
> > > just have the stone delivered). I am willing to go the extra mile on
> > > this. If I need to purchase and later sell a $40,000 piece of
> > > equipment that is no problem so long as the total cost is markedly less
> > > than just purchasing the stone. Any advice you can give me would be
> > > helpful (other than use stone veneer).
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for your time and energy,
> > > William
> > >
>
> Greetings,
>
> Thank you very much. That is a great site if only for the photos. I
> will certainly stop by if I am ever in the area. I will also consider
> hiring a geologist to survey the land. The land in consideration has a
> lot of stone but it is in larger pieces than is immediately usable and
> would need to be somehow broken up as it is mountainside (about 20
> acres). I have not purchased the land yet so I am free to purchase
> more suitable land if there is a geological problem.
>
> I have seen a certain amount of "roughly square" stone which I feel
> is attractive. Do you know how they quarry the "roughly square"
> stone? Do they start with rubble and square it off or do they somehow
> generate the squares from larger stones? It is my guess that
> "roughly square" stone would be much more expensive than random
> rubble but I really have no clue. I think I am going to start calling
> stone yards to ask these questions even though I know their only intent
> is to convenience me to purchase their stone. It can't hurt. I am
> sure they will be glad to tell me what the problems are.
>
> Thanks again,
> William

You might try a search for Mother Earth News and 'slip forming'. There
were several good articles on this technique by an old retired couple
(can't recall their names) back in the day. They built several
buildings using that when they were in their 70s or 80s. IIRC it was
just an extension of your plans for forms for the basement, then you
just move them up as you go.

Harry K

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