Cutting Granite to face Blockwork Walls

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I want to get standard blockwork walls built in my garden, some as boundary walls and some to form supports for terraces.

I've a lot of old dry stone walls which have fallen down and which were built with granite.

The new walls are to go in completely different places to the old dry stone walls.

Can the granite be cut on-site and used as facing for the blockwork walls? Is the granite too tough a stone to allow this to be done on site?

Many thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.

builditwell

Why do you want the grante cut, are you not re-using the material from the original walls.Or are you talking about facing as in thin granite shapes stuck to the wall ? Any stonemason that Ive seen face walls does all the cutting and breaking on site. If you a building high remember to put expanded metal tie ins into the blockwork at every second course to ensure the granite facing is very sturdy, thats if its raw granite stone.If its the 2/3 inch shaped stuff then you will need a specialist supplier.

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Hi builditwell,

You've put it exactly right. I want to cut the stone to use it as thin facing. my reasoning is that my stone goes further and I'll get the appearance of solid granite walls using less stone.

So it's not too difficult to cut the stone?

Thanks for the tips on the tie-ins. One thing - you say if I'm buiding high. I'm thinking of approx 6 foot walls (or whatever height you can go without planning) - would that be high enough to need tie-ins?

Much appreciated.

lickirishallsor

cuting granite with a petrol con saw and a diamond tip disc is actually as easy as a hot knife in butter, you can hire con saws for 30 euro a day but the diamond blade costs another 30 per day to hire.

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lickirishallsor wrote: »

cuting granite with a petrol con saw and a diamond tip disc is actually as easy as a hot knife in butter, you can hire con saws for 30 euro a day but the diamond blade costs another 30 per day to hire.

Can you get that set up as a table saw?

builditwell

Hi churchview,

I see your point make the material go further !! If you were going up 6 foot i would use the mesh anyway just for stability. The con saw is the way to go not sure about the table saw though.

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liam300tm

using a consaw to cut granite stones into strips is crazy chief, its an accicdent waiting to happen, consaw could be used for very basic cutting and is an extremly dangerous tool if your not used to opperating one.

stoneslashbrick

quote=churchview;59712966]I want to get standard blockwork walls built in my garden, some as boundary walls and some to form supports for terraces.

I've a lot of old dry stone walls which have fallen down and which were built with granite.

The new walls are to go in completely different places to the old dry stone walls.

Can the granite be cut on-site and used as facing for the blockwork walls? Is the granite too tough a stone to allow this to be done on site?

Many thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.[/quoteHi I am a stoneMason. Cuting the stone would take quite alot of work not to mention the dust. i use a hydrolic gillotine to spilt the stone. All depends on how thin you need them cut.