The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry

From simple stone walls to elaborate homes and studios, this is the ideal book for any DIY builder interested in working with stone.

Thanks to its utility and cost-effectiveness, stone is an ideal construction resource for the astute owner-builder. Cheap and readily available, rock can be gathered from streambeds, abandoned quarries, and open fields with relative ease. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find a natural landscape devoid of building stone. In this book, beloved home-build…