Whether installing new or looking to refresh an existing structure, understand the basic rules and building blocks of your ...

- Mike Minto has been building and repairing stone walls for about 20 years, a skill he's passed down to his son. When Minto was in high school, he spent his summers working on a farm, fixing ...

Repairing and stabilizing the walls, walkways and stairs surrounding ... Sections constructed of reinforced concrete, faced with stone, were built in 1970, he said. The walls will be repaired ...

But Stone Walls for Life, ... In the past, if a stone wall along a rice paddy or road collapsed, the community would gather to repair it. This collective experience was key.

Repairing procedures of damaged walls are being essentially done in the same manner as that of artisans during the Edo Period (1603-1867), whereas heavy machinery is utilized when it comes to ...

Until today, dry stone wall construction has involved vast amounts of manual labour. A multidisciplinary team of ETH Zurich researchers developed a method of using an autonomous excavator to construct ...

Old stone walls are an iconic part of New England's countryside — and forests. Here's how scientists are using new technology to learn even more about them.