How to Build a Stone Foundation

Reader Contribution by Robert Maxwell
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When I decided to build a forest cabin back in 2009, I knew almost nothing about building. Over the next three years I learned a lot about construction, including how to create attractive, long lasting stone foundations for almost no money. If you’re putting up a building and think you’d like to set it on something more beautiful than cinderblocks or Sonotubes, this blog might just provide the inspiration you need.

Choose and Prepare a Location

Before you start, you’ll need to pick a spot. For my cabin, I was lucky enough to find an area where flat, smooth bedrock was just a few inches below the soil. After some digging,  I had a perfect surface to start laying stones and mortar. But easily accessible bedrock is 

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