Burnley wall
A retaining wall in Burnley, Lancashire.
Happy wall Wednesday!
This wall also has a curve in it (circular on plan); a skilled job.
As you can see it alternates between courses of 5’s and courses of 2’s. Just for aesthetic reasons.
it’s pointed up with a half round jointing tool, which helps to shed rainwater, and looks decorative.
You can see how it has a damp proof course in it (the moss stops climbing the wall about 6” from the bottom)
It looks like stone, but, it isn’t, its artificial stone (concrete for a better description). The technology has come on leaps and bounds since the early 1980’s.
It used to weather very badly, and lose it’s colour, going very pale.
These days the product is excellent, looks very realistic, sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.
I’d rather wall stone than artificial stone though, especially in the wet; the stone tends to be more porous, and absorbing, whereas the artificial stone can have a tendency to slide about more, particularly so in damp conditions, or when walling on the damp proof course.
Whoever built this wall was an excellent bricklayer / mason.
Burnley wall
A retaining wall in Burnley, Lancashire.
Happy wall Wednesday!
This wall also has a curve in it (circular on plan); a skilled job.
As you can see it alternates between courses of 5’s and courses of 2’s. Just for aesthetic reasons.
it’s pointed up with a half round jointing tool, which helps to shed rainwater, and looks decorative.
You can see how it has a damp proof course in it (the moss stops climbing the wall about 6” from the bottom)
It looks like stone, but, it isn’t, its artificial stone (concrete for a better description). The technology has come on leaps and bounds since the early 1980’s.
It used to weather very badly, and lose it’s colour, going very pale.
These days the product is excellent, looks very realistic, sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.
I’d rather wall stone than artificial stone though, especially in the wet; the stone tends to be more porous, and absorbing, whereas the artificial stone can have a tendency to slide about more, particularly so in damp conditions, or when walling on the damp proof course.
Whoever built this wall was an excellent bricklayer / mason.