A Better Way to Build a Stone Home... Handmade House TV #158

[nicoledailey]

Sitting in my apartment with too many issues considering retreating into nature and building a stone castle in the woods. I have no masonry experience, just a dream. 😌

[valdius]

Stone houses make sense for climates with summer longer than winter.
In extreme situations, like very thick walls and smart design, there is no need heating or cooling.
I saw some houses like that in Tuscany, Italy.
Obviously there were plenty of stones everywhere there so much so that people needed to move stones to make space for plants.

[markbrown]

Blessed me elder am from Mandeville Jamaica and stone masonry is my skill n i loving it .

[derekkroshus]

Ive missed your videos. Glad to see you putting out videos again!

[SimpleEarthSelfReliance]

I am extremely interested in using stone and mortar to build our dream cottage here in my desert area. My biggest concern is the collection and selection of materials. For a one-man solo project, this is the largest and most tedious part. Fortunately, Noah, channels like yours are making it easy to learn and stay motivated. About building codes, that's also creepy. Thankfully we can have engineers inspect and guide us (for not a lot of money) and their word trumps building inspectors, determining final sign off. This way, we know it's safe and correct. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[WildwoodCastle]

Great video... For many years I have entertained the thought of building a solid wall stone house in the Federal style...

[hurley]

You're alive! Good to see you back Noah, God bless

[Christ_on_the_River]

We bought Riverside property for the retreat and events center we’re building. The property has a large cache of stone building material that was mounded up for a battle that never took place 160ish years ago. Our plan, working with the last student Frank Lloyd Wright personally approved for his architecture school in 1959, is to reorganize this stone into organic architecture. Stone inside and out but based on the SIRE wall concept of rammed earth (insulation between whythes. Would love to learn more from you.

[mrsrabbit]

Rock-wool seems a perfect insulation for a stone home. I assume with a vapor barrier, but I'm just now learning about proper insulation of a house.
I dont like plastics at all, so i will try to find the best vapor barrier that isn't plastic first.
I remember seeing houses in the mid-west, with stone walls in the basement that would weep on all sides during the winter. Under my buddies house in mountains, only weeping on the one side because his drainage plan sucked.
Thanks for the info, loving your channel!

[jamesmcglinchey]

When I was a little kid in the early 50's I had a relative who was the caretaker for a Miss Salisbury (I believe she was in her 80's at the time) who lived in a pre Revolutionary War stone house on what is known as Salisbury Point on the west shore of the Hudson River in Nyack NY. That relative took me and my siblings to visit Miss Salisbury on a hot summer day and the thing I remember to this day is how cool it was inside that home (no fans no A/C). Unfortunately that home was torn down for apartments. You can see where it was when crossing the Tappan Zee/Mario Cuomo Bridge on the west shore of the Hudson looking north. Where was the Preservation Society? The home I'm living in now has stone walls at the front and rear of the property (all dry stone) would your course help with some repair work? Thanks for your great videos.

[BossPresident]

I like that memory stone idea, informative video, thanks.
Wasn't aware about the snakes in the stone walls and I always thought about doing wood frame on inside, american style, for insulation. Back home it's just cement and bricks and the houses are cold, even if the winters aren't as bad as here.

[Ari_speaks]

This is amazing! We need men like this!

[mikegoose]

Awesome love it. I have worked on log cabin some of it was pre-existing it was a great learning experience. Been in many phases of construction and one day if I make it I might try to do something like this on a mining claim.

[vry]

My great grandfather built his family home out of stone without any mortar between it, it is still standing and in the family, I'm just no longer in the same country sadly. Would love to know how to replicate it.

[debbiem]

Dear sir, thank you for this information. I assume that the stone mason course covers the hybrid form of stone house construction you were referring to? Is it basically a regularly framed home with a proper stone exterior wall? Even if as you say you're unable to answer my query, I thank you again; and have a great day!

[kjs]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom!

[nicolem]

I was so excited to see this video! I purchased 24 wooded acres in NE Oklahoma and I want to make use of endless supply of stones. There are a lot of old giraffe stone houses in my area. Are there certain stones to avoid as far as composition of the stone-(i.e. should I avoid all sandstone)? Would you consider making a video about harvesting local stone & what to use or avoid? I have a huge pile of stones already just waiting for approval 😂
As soon as I am moved onto the property I plan to take your class!

[Slymannnn]

The Stonemason Academy... It's sad that we can't access something like this.

[stevenbp]

Really enjoy your videos, thanks for posting. Beautiful work.

[aaronlarsen]

They seem to enjoy it. I don't know about easier. I watched a stone Mason on a video, maybe around 60, tough as steel, ripped. I mean this guy was moving alot of big stones, at a high rate of speed, and not getting tired. He could kick the snot out of any 20 yr olds I ever worked with.