devon flighter 421 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 smithie i used to do a bit way back ,if there is anything remotely iffy with your back !, genuinely give it a miss im talking from personal experience here 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,852 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 it's something I would very much like to learn but I don't think I would have the back for it.. It,s one of the things that wrecked my back. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 i dont like the fact you backs feked griff just your post being a truth re damage possible 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 just noticed the similartiy of your avtar to mine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whippet 99 2,613 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 building hunt ones are just slapped up as you know the next time there out its down again , stock proof is all it needs too be Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,852 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 i dont like the fact you backs feked griff just your post being a truth re damage possible Aye when you are young and foolish you think you can do/ lift anything, thing you don't realize is you wear out same as anything else that is pushed to the limit, hindsight is a great thing. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 i dont like the fact you backs feked griff just your post being a truth re damage possible , hindsight is a great thing. aint it just Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad4it 693 Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 i dont like the fact you backs feked griff just your post being a truth re damage possible , hindsight is a great thing. aint it just +1 on that 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salclalin 240 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Nice job When i started walling repairing walls on the Farm the Old Farmer who taught me told me that when you pick up a stone never to put down as it it will go somewhere.We never used Dressed stone. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 20,851 Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Nice job When i started walling repairing walls on the Farm the Old Farmer who taught me told me that when you pick up a stone never to put down as it it will go somewhere.We never used Dressed stone. When I'm walling everybody who walks past gives me that advice....they never accept my offer to try picking a few stones up though the clever cnuts! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Nice job When i started walling repairing walls on the Farm the Old Farmer who taught me told me that when you pick up a stone never to put down as it it will go somewhere.We never used Dressed stone. When I'm walling everybody who walks past gives me that advice....they never accept my offer to try picking a few stones up though the clever cnuts! dont knock them !"they are probably wiser than you think!" i recon their back will last longer than yours 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fourtrak73 1,334 Posted March 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Just waiting for the weather to change then I'm back on the walls myself roll on September then back out with the dogs for the new season can't wait always wishing my life away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Truther 1,579 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Nice job When i started walling repairing walls on the Farm the Old Farmer who taught me told me that when you pick up a stone never to put down as it it will go somewhere.We never used Dressed stone. Same thing applies to random walling mate, way better to make it go somewhere when you pick one up, if you mess about you get nowhere fast. I had a similar thing last week with reclaimed bricks, the bent old fashioned type, not very clean ones, most i did was a clip here and there with the trowel to get the bigger lumps of gobbo off, then just used them, turned out pretty good for a pile of shite 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,035 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Lovely to see the skills still in use. My dad taught my brothers and I the art. He was a right b*****d. Cold didn't seem to bother the old git and he never gave us a minute. I wonder how many folk know why there are cross stones protruding either side of a dyke? Not only that, the old man had us breaking stone to make wedges for the copers and packers for the gap as you were building. Strange thing though. Going back to the farm, Threepwood, in the borders, the walls still stand. And by the way, the roe still maraude like they always did. What a place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saluki bouy 635 Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 (edited) about 5 miles from where I'm sat right now jok and there's a few roe around that area Edited March 13, 2016 by saluki bouy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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