Sunday, April 10, 2022

Keep your hearting level.

 


Taking a break from the temple to discuss hearting. For anyone who builds dry stone walls there is a better, more applicable version of the old adage 'putting the cart before the horse'. 

If a waller mounds the hearting stones up anywhere inside the wall higher than the outer building-stones in that course, it obviously will leave parts of the inside of the wall protruding, and thus be difficult to place any stones properly on top of that course  (or be able to place builder-stones far enough into the wall ) . 

So, one must remember not to put the heart-ing 'higher' than the course.

But remember, you still have to thoroughly heart 'before' the course is completed, and/or before you go on to fit more stones on top.