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    Help - Is my leaning dry stone barn wall dangerous?

    Actaully, thanks again George, I've just fully comprehended your thoughts about the backfill. This also makes great sense and I've got enough stone from an old garden wall that will do the job. brilliant.
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    Help - Is my leaning dry stone barn wall dangerous?

    Apologies for the delayed response, I've been sidetracked by work events. Thanks very much for the useful guidence George, sounds like you think it can be saved rather than pulled down. I like the idea of a restarint ring and can be applied easily.
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    Help - Is my leaning dry stone barn wall dangerous?

    Hello everyone, sorry, it's taken longer to get back to you with the info that Conny asked for. I've had a few more issues to deal with including a leaking roof in the house. I've tried to illustrate the lean on my dry stone wall below. You will see that the floors either side of the wall are...
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    Help - Is my leaning dry stone barn wall dangerous?

    Hi Conny, Very good questions! If it's ok, I'll make a proper inspection tomorrow morning and measure up on boths sides. I'll then be able to draw up and attach a diagram to show what's moved where. Thanks,
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    Help - Is my leaning dry stone barn wall dangerous?

    Unfortunately, it's leaning out on both sides, it's not a taper.
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    Help - Is my leaning dry stone barn wall dangerous?

    Thanks Freddiemercurystwin and Ronnyraygun for your quick feedback and info. I've attached some pics that I hope helps make it a bit clearer. I used a strip of wood to hopefully illustrate the size of the lean. The stick is 2m and the distance from the wall at the top 10cm roughly. The wall...
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    Help - Is my leaning dry stone barn wall dangerous?

    Hi, I have a barn in France that is built using traditional dry stone methods with rubble in the centre. Inside the barn, I have a dividing wall that is also dry stone but doesn't appear to be tied in to the externall walls. I wanted to point it with lime mortar but have found out that it leans...
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