Dry Stone Wall restoration in le Var (South East of France)

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Repairing a Dry Stone Wall

(called "restanque" in Provence)

State of a restanque before works.

Meticulous removal and sorting of stones.

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After restoration.

The technique of “dry stone” construction consists in assembling stones with no mortar, water is not necessary, hence the name… dry stone. This millennium technique is very present in Provence.

In the bend of a path, maybe you will fall upon a “borie” (a dry stone hut using the vault technique as in corbelled construction), a “restanque”

(a dry stone wall), an “apiès” (a niche with bee hive), a well…which are real works of art lost in the middle of nowhere. Dry stone walls are very practical because they aid drainage and prevent the erosion of the ground. They also have the ability to store heat from the sun in the daytime and restore it during the night. We restore and create every type of stone buildings in dry stone.

Dry stone wall restoration (assembly with dry joints)

in Cotignac (83)

dry-stone-wall-restoration-walling-cotignac-var-cutting — Front stone cutting.

dry-stone-wall-restoration-walling-cotignac-var-pose — Crowning stones pose.

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Made during this stone wall restoration.

(31st March 2011)

Dry stone wall restoration (called locally restanque)

in Flassans (Var 83)

damaged-dry-stone-wall-flassans-var — Damaged stone wall.

Dry stone wall restoration

in Entrecasteaux (Var 83)

dry-stone-wall-entrecasteaux-var-restoration-walling-reparing — Dry stone wall after restoration.

Old dry stone wall restoration

in Tourtour (Var 83)

dry-stone-walling-tourtour-var — Dry stone walling.

dry-stone-wall-restoration-tourtour-var-repair — Dry stone wall after restoration.

Dry stone wall repair

in Magagnosc (Alpes-Maritimes 06)

traditional-building-dry-stone-wall-walling-repairing — Traditional building.

dry-stone-wall-restored-repaired — Dry stone wall after restoration.

Rebuilding a damaged dry stone wall

(in le Coeur du Var 83)

Type of rock : hard limestone (natural in our area).

damaged-stone-wall-var-83 — Damaged stone wall.

dry-stone-walling-restoration-var-83 — Dry stone walling.

dry-stone-wall-earthworks-restoration-var-83 — After earthworks.

dry-stone-wall-repaired-restored-restoration-var-83 — Dry stone wall after restoration.

Old dry stone wall restoration

in Salernes (Var 83)

repairing-dry-stone-wall-salernes-var — Repairing the dry stone wall.

Renovation of an another type of dry stone wall

Type of rock : sandstone.

damaged-old-dry-stone-wall — Dry stone wall before restoration.

dry-stone-wall-restoration-restored-repaired-repair — Dry stone wall after restoration.

wall-restoration-dry-stone-walling — More information about this wall restoration...

Construction of Dry Stone Walls

in les Issambres (Var 83)

constructiion-dry-stone-wall-walls-issambres-var — Construction of the dry stone wall.

dry-stone-wall-construction-issambres-var — Profile view.

dry-stone-wall-construction-issambres-var-new — Dry stone wall finished.

Construction of a Dry Stone Wall

in Lorgues (Var 83)

dry-stone-wall-lorgues-var-83-constructed-construction — Constructed from stones cleared during the swimming pool earthworks.

Construction of a "Calade"

in Fréjus (Var 83)

pebbles-arrangement-calade-var-frejus — "Calade" is a French term for a decorative, harmonious, and useful arrangement of medium-sized pebbles, fixed to the ground.

"Rue en calade" describes a road with a surface composed in this way — essentially a cobblestone road. These are found predominantly in the French region of Provence, and generally in the Mediterranean area.