2.40 Cheek Rebuild Workshop – Pennsylvania
Whenever you’re building a wall, sooner or later it must come to an end. A cheek end is the typical way to end a wall. It is also called a wall end, wall head, or square end. Cheek ends are a particular challenge to build well. Structurally, cheeks are the most vulnerable part of a wall, so it is important to get them right.
Workshop ObJective:
To reinforce and build on the basic principles and techniques of dry stone walling and provide a good understanding of how to build a strong cheekend.
Learning Outcomes:
- You can describe how the five basic rules of dry stone walling work to create a strong vertical wall end.
- You can explain how to use stringlines and batter frames to create straight and even wall faces.
- You can identify appropriate stones to use in cheek ends and discuss appropriate placement.
- You can discuss how to manage materials and workspace for safety and efficiency.
A two-day cheek rebuild provides you with a first hands-on exposure to this fundamental walling skill. Working with a partner, you dismantle and rebuild a free standing vertical wall end on a freestanding wall about 54 inches tall. You grade and sort stone in preparation for a build. You set up batter frames and stringlines. You learn to plan ahead in order to use each stone to its maximum value. By the end of day two, you and your partner will have built a structurally stable cheek end. Without doubt, you will each take home skills to leverage in many features you might build in the future.
A Cheek Rebuild workshop is a must for all of you walling professionally. DSWA Level 2 Waller Certification is the global standard for professional dry stone walling, the level at which you can feel confident offering your services. Your clientele knows they can count on your expertise. As for you people with projects, you will also want to know what to do when your wall comes to an end! If you are considering becoming a teacher of dry stone walling, please also come to learn to build a cheek. The skills you learn building a vertical wall end help you accommodate arches, lunkeys, stiles, and other structures you may wish to build into your walls.
The Cheek Rebuild workshop runs simultaneously with the Two-Day Introduction to Dry Stone Walling. You will be building the wall end while beginning wallers build the faces. On site, you can expect anywhere from twelve to sixteen beginners and up to six cheek rebuilders. What a great way to experience time on the wall!
Come learn from certified waller-teachers, most of whom earn their livelihoods as dry stone walling professionals. All Stone Trust instructors have achieved DSWA Level 2 Waller Certification, globally recognized as the professional standard. As Stone Trust-DSWA-certified instructors, all belong to a learning community that seeks to ensure that every one of you learns what you came for and that you enjoy the process. With a student : instructor ratio of 8 : 1, you can count on plenty of direct interaction with your teachers. Introductory workshops tend to include up to sixteen participants working with two experienced waller-teachers. Cheek Rebuild workshops tend to include four to six learners working with one instructor.
PREREQUISITE (any of the following)
1.10 1-Day Intro
1.11 1-Day Women’s Intro
1.20 2-Day Intro
1.21 2-Day Women’s Intro
2.13 1-Day Contractors Intro
2.60 5-Day Contractors Intensive
Training Site
Instructors
Instructor
Kim Coggin
DSWA-GB Advanced (Level III)
Instructor
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Jerry Coggin
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DSWA-GB Advanced (Level III)
Sample Workshop Agenda
Some Stone Trust training sites now offer a two-day version of the retaining wall workshop. Two days give you more hands-on time to apply the basic principles. Spend more time working with batter frames and stringlines. Sleep on what you learn and come back to practice with guidance. Enjoy more time interacting with classmates and waller-teachers, and more time getting answers to your questions.
Hourly Schedule
DAY ONE
- 9:00 - 10:30
- Introductions and Overview: How the wall end is built and why it is built that way.
- 10:30 - 11:30
- Stripping Out, Stone Sorting, Safety and Materials Management
- 11:30 - 12:30
- Batter Frames & Stringlines, Shaping Stone, Setting Foundations
- 12:30 - 1:00
- Lunch and Conversation
- 1:00 - 3:30
- First Lift
- 3:30 - 4:30
- Throughstones
- 4:30 - 5:00
- Tidy up, Review
DAY TWO
- 9:00 - 9:30
- Check-in and overview of the day
- 9:30 - 12:30
- Second Lift
- 12:30 - 1:00
- Lunch
- 1:00 - 2:30
- Covers and Copes
- 2:30 - 4:30
- Tidy up and review, tours and conversation
- 4:30 - 5:00
- Workshop Evaluation
- 5:00
- Thanks for coming! (Certificate of Completion, T-shirts, and walling information)
Please note, instructors use their discretion to organize the day for an optimal learning experience.
Important to Know
- Workshops will run 9:00am-5:00pm with 1/2 hour lunch break.
- Dress in layers. Wear boots and work clothes.
- Bring: gloves, safety glasses, water, and lunch. There is nowhere close enough to buy lunch with in the lunch break.
- Imagine you are preparing someone else’s thirteen-year-old for a day outside building stone walls. Prepare yourself accordingly.
- All tools needed are provided.
Detailed info will be emailed to you once you register including what to bring and directions. You will receive a reminder notice a week or two in advance. Please add the Stone Trust to your contact list to ensure that emails arrive in your inbox.
Licensed Landscape Architects can receive 7.5 LA CES credits for participating in this one-day workshop. You can receive 15 LA CES credits for participating in the two-day version.
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