Slipform Stone Masonry (sample clips from the DVD)

[thilomasonry]

I’ve had many clients who have me take down old plaster, and repoint the joints to expose the stone, even though the original masons/builders would be ashamed if they knew I was exposing their inferior work. The method differs mainly in the fact, local slip form work is still laid like traditional stone work, mass into the wall, laid flat and nothing taller than it is long. And of course they were using traditional mortar often with high clay content to prevent water passing through the wall.

[thilomasonry]

Believe it or not they have your video at my local library. It’s an interesting new approach to an old method; slip forming stone is actually pretty common throughout Central PA. It was mostly used were stone was not intended to be visible such as basement/foundation walls, and houses that were to be lime plastered and white washed.

[TheSchutes]

Thank you for this video. Do you find any gassing problems with that particle board, especially with heating the space later on?

[thomasjelpel]

No noticeable problems with outgassing. I later built an entire house with this method and it worked fine.