:( This migh not be the right forum but it`s all I could find..I`m planning on building a dry stone wall in the front of my house and the guestion I have is about the slope of the ground. My property slopes right to left and it slopes from 1 foot to approx. 3 feet. Do I need to dig a trench the length of the wall and build the wall lthree feet high the whole length to keep the wall level even though 2 feet will be buried at te high part....or is there a way to teir it ...Thanks for any replies , Jim

I finished my steps (...and there was much rejoicing :D) and now they need to be sealed. I called the manufacturer here in town (Alluriam Stone, formerly Coronado) to ask what their recommendation was as to sealer. They say Enviroseal 20. The hitch is that the least I can buy is a 5 gallon bucket at $75 and I'm pretty sure that I'll only need a couple of gallons. I hate wasting stuff like that and there's the problem of how to discard the leftovers. Alluriam's *second* recommendation was Thompson's Water Seal. I'm not *even* going to go there ;). What is a good, matte finish sealer that I can buy by the gallon for this application? By the way, here's the steps before: [url]http://www.rosehawke.com/photos/stepsb4.jpg[/url] After: [url]http://www.rosehawke.com/photos/stepsafter.jpg[/url] And a closer view: [url]http://www.rosehawke.com/photos/steps1.jpg[/url] We're about to start working on the landing now, which will be buff colored pavers set in sand. Sure looks better than it did :D!