Case Study: stone retaining wall rebuild, Ottawa, MyMason, stonework repairs, concrete repairs, residential masonry services in Ottawa.

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	Chiseling Stones to Fit Sometimes following the fault lines in the stones, sometimes not, we chisel the stones for a better fit.
Nearing Completion You can see the landscape cloth behind, where more fill will be added. Using the stones that are present, versus working with a pallette of new stones, makes it trickier to fit them together. Especially so when no picture of the original wall is provided and some stones have moved around the yard.
	A Good Lean Nicely fit together, with a lean back. Some of the stones were set lengthwide into the earth, to tie the wall back even more.
Rebuilt We kept the driveway clean and the work area small. The top of the wall is now suitable for smaller plants. And the wall survived its first test, a huge downpour hours later.

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