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Patios - Walkways - Dry Stone Walls Freestanding / Retaining
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2026 Spring Workshop

~ 4/25-26/2026 (Saturday-Sunday) Freestanding Wall Workshop 2 day $475- (check)

Freestanding Wall Workshop 2 Day Workshop 
2-Day  8:30 am - 4:00 pm, All Levels, Homeowner - Contractor

Freestanding Wall Workshop is an introduction into the basic skills of Dry Laid Stone Construction. This workshop is one of the most commonly taught classes worldwide. Over two days we will cover the proper fundamental methods outlined by the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain DSWA-GB. 

All workshops are a simple and easy pace with no heavy lifting, plenty of stone and a beautiful scenic environment with horses grazing in the background. 

What you will learn:

• Proper dry laid stone methods
• Strip out, organizing and rebuilding of existing wall section a your own section both sides down to below tie stone. Keeping safe distance from those next to you. 
• Sorting and selecting the right stone for the right place
• Basic tools - overview & demonstration - Hammer and Chisels
• Walking Tour of on-site examples of dry laid stone walls (discussion) 
• Safety, tools, worksite, equipment

Stone type: Flat bedded sandstone local to region. Wall stone including Laurel Mountain, Colonial Blue Stone and PA fieldstone to name a few.

This workshop is also great for those who are interested in Retaining Walls. A freestanding wall is the same fundamental principles. 

(Note: this workshop will be a strip out and rebuild of an existing wall. Some tools will be covered in this workshop.)

Limited spaces available

REFUND POLICY FOR WORKSHOPS

If Rockin Walls cancels a Workshop:

~ Full refund will be paid to all enrolled participants.

If a participant cancels Payment by check:

~ More than 21 days prior: 100% Refund.

~ 14-20 days prior: Full Refund less $25 cancellation fee.

~ 0-13 days prior: No Refund.

Check payable to:

Rockin Walls

3000 Rohrbaugh Road, Hampstead MD 21074

Your spot is secured if your check has cleared our bank account. We will not hold any spots without payment. 

WORKSHOP RELEASE FORMS

 

Forms: Click Here -->> Workshop Release Forms   Please review all required forms before signing up for workshop(s) / Certification. You will be required to download, sign and mail / email forms with your payment. Mark@RockinWalls.com 

• Mark Jurus (Maryland) Advanced (Level 3) DSWA-GB - Journeyman (Level 2) DSC-US/ Instructor DSWA-GB.

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Not Pre-registers for a workshop - interested? Email me ~  Mark@RockinWalls.com

2025 Spring Workshops!

AI can't build a stone wall - but you can! 

While many training sites have considerably raised their prices. We offer the best value for your money not to mention package discounts. We believe everyone should be able to afford to learn a new trade. Not to mention, our workshops allow you to work with regional stone...a bonus!

~ 4/4/2025 (Friday) Fundamental Workshop 1 day $275- (This is not a workshop where you will be building a stone wall!)

See Workshop Page for availability

Fundamental Learning Skills Workshop (This is not a workshop where you will be building a stone wall!) 1 Day Workshop 1-Day  8:30 am - 4:00 pm, All Levels, Homeowner -Contractor

NOTE: This workshop does not include hands on building a stone wall.  That workshop would be the Freestanding Wall Workshop. This workshop is 50/50 How To vs Hands On. Remember you can't learn it all in a day.

This is our most in demand workshop every year. We highly recommend this workshop to everyone even if you're a contractor. Learn all about different wall frames, how to use them, build them and why you need them. What is a batter and why. This workshop will be hands on how to build 2 styles of foundations with the best tools for the job. Basic overview of tools of the trade. How and when to best use them and with what types of stone. Last but not  least how to read stone and how to put it to the best use. Hands on sorting and palletizing material. 

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!!.... Assessing Space, Planning, and Wall terminology. Learning the Fundamentals are the starting point for any waller. A skill set which will be needed for any project regardless of size. 

I created this course because I believed you can't read this in a book and understand the most important parts of walling. "The Back End". Rockin Walls was the first to offer this workshop in 2016 in the US. - Why because you can't begin to spell words if you don't understand the alphabet. Don't belittle the basics. You'll be ready to rock at any future workshops. Accelerating learning is priceless. 

HIGHLY SUGGEST THIS WORKSHOP BEFORE TAKING ANY OTHER WALLING WORKSHOPS!!!! or even if you have.

• Foundation build with needed tools for the job

• How to build a wall frame

• Designing wall

• Stone types and volume needed for a project

• Tie and use string lines

• Reading stone by picking and sort bulk stone onto correct piles

• Overviews of tools

• Feather and Wedging

• Much Much More

~ 4/5-6/2025 (Saturday-Sunday) Freestanding Wall Workshop 2 day $475-

See Workshop Page for availability

Freestanding Wall Workshop 2 Day Workshop 
2-Day  8:30 am - 4:00 pm, All Levels, Homeowner - Contractor

Freestanding Wall Workshop is an introduction into the basic skills of Dry Laid Stone Construction. This workshop is one of the most commonly taught classes worldwide. Over two days we will cover the proper fundamental methods outlined by the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain DSWA-GB. 

All workshops are a simple and easy pace with no heavy lifting, plenty of stone and a beautiful scenic environment with horses grazing in the background. 

What you will learn:

• Proper dry laid stone methods
• Strip out, organizing and rebuilding of existing wall section a your own "V" section both sides down to below tie stone. Keeping safe distance from those next to you. 
• Sorting and selecting the right stone for the right place
• Basic tools - overview & demonstration - Hammer and Chisels
• Feather and wedging overview & demonstration (great technique for making caps, tie stones, steps and much more)
• Walking Tour of on-site examples of dry laid stone walls (discussion) 
• Safety, tools, worksite, equipment
• Possible Demo & Operation of Mini Skid Steer (participation is optional)
• Foundation is not covered in this workshop at this time - suggest fundamental workshop.

Stone type: Flat bedded sandstone local to region. Wall stone including Laurel Mountain, Colonial Blue Stone and PA fieldstone to name a few.

This workshop is also great for those who are interested in Retaining Walls. A freestanding wall is the same fundamental principles. 

(Note: this workshop will be a strip out and rebuild of an existing wall. Some tools will be covered in this workshop.)

Combo Deals - Both Workshops $675

Limited spaces available

REFUND POLICY FOR WORKSHOPS

If Rockin Walls cancels a Workshop:

~ Full refund will be paid to all enrolled participants.

If a participant cancels Payment by check:

~ More than 21 days prior: 100% Refund.

~ 14-20 days prior: Full Refund less $25 cancellation fee.

~ 0-13 days prior: No Refund.

Check payable to:

Rockin Walls

3000 Rohrbaugh Road, Hampstead MD 21074

Your spot is secured if your check has cleared our bank account. We will not hold any spots without payment. WORKSHOP RELEASE FORMS

6/2024 ~ Hanover PA Colonial Bluestone Seating Wall with Truegrid 300 sqft patio/walkway

 July 2024 Hanover PA, 24" Colonial Bluestone Seating wall with flat caps 19" with 2.5" overhang, 24" tall. 18' long with 2' corner bump out with 29.5" flat cap stone. Gravel patio w with curved walkway TrueGrid Pro Lite 1" deep filled with a /1/2" tan round pea gravel, 300 square feet. Built over and around the large tree in order to help protect the tree roots. Patio is a total of 18' x 12' with the walkway being 3'.5" wide. Truegrid is an affordable solution which keeps the gravel from shifting.  Making it easy to set chairs, tables or roll a wheelbarrow over it. 

5/2024 Generator Pad Bluestone with TrueGrid Pro

Dry Laid Stone Wall Colonial Bluestone Generator Pad 9' x 16' back to grade 4' high including below grade base stones. Built solid front to back for the generator pad. Topped with Truegrid Pro Plus Gravel System filled with 1/2" Limestone. Flat cap stones 18" with overhang. Corners and cap stones cut from bluestone sheet stock, natural, saw & thermal plus feather and wedging used to produce needed sizes for this structure. 

Bluestone Sheet Stock used to make caps and cornerstones

Caps cut off site prior to installing on jobsite. I also thermaled some of the faces which had been cut with a saw. 

I started the dig out of organic material using me Ditch Witch SK850 Plus with a 52" bucket

I set the foundation stones below grade and protruding 4"

As you can see here I'm setting my corner stones every other. You can also see the foundtion below grade by the green turf.

This is my Oxygen and Propane torch setup for thermalling. Which works really well on the bluestone. It's a lot like sand blasting the stone. 

In this photo I'm actually thermalling one of the cap stones on the wall. 

Large rocks built to back and up at same time as building wall

Truegrid Pro Plus Set below cap stones level. Adjusting base and grid filled with #7 1/2" double washed angular Limestone. 

Jumbo Salt & Pepper Cobble used for edging to meet up with the existing brick walkway. 

6/2024 Custom Dry Laid Bluestone Steps for Front Porch

 

Hampstead MD June 2024, Custom Dry Laid Stone steps, 58" wide x 7" rise x 16" tread with 2" overhang, Replacing old boulder steps.

Low Voltage lighting added to post for lighting steps