Patent ID: 9045893
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A natural stone wall, consisting of: a foundation member having a flat, planar upper surface; a plurality of pre-cut natural stone blocks positioned on the flat, planar upper surface of the foundation member and forming the only horizontal mortar joint, the stone blocks being dry-stacked in a plurality of courses to form a wall, the courses having only vertically oriented spaces formed between each of the stone blocks, and the dry-stacked courses being coplanar on an interior side of the wall; wherein the plurality of courses including alternating stretcher blocks and header blocks, the header blocks being centered on the stretcher blocks of the courses immediately above and below the header, the stretcher blocks extending outward beyond the header blocks in order to shade the header blocks; wherein the wall has an inside surface, the inside surface having a cement plaster coating, the plaster being reinforced with fibers; wherein selected portions of the wall have steel reinforcing rods; wherein the plurality of courses are arranged in a Flemish bond design; and a semi-dry mortar disposed in the vertically-oriented spaces only to bond the stone blocks together; the semi-dry mortar includes a mixture of hydraulic lime, sand, and lightweight polymeric grains; the hydraulic lime, sand and lightweight polymeric grains are mixed in equal proportions.