Salvaging stone
You’re stone fireplace need not be entirely new. Sometimes a customer will bring the remains of an old stone fireplace that they’ve discovered in their building project and they want us to complete the ‘jigsaw’ by making the missing pieces. If we can find the same stone as the original then we will, but if not we’ll hopefully get something close.
All stone ages though, so for some time anyway, it will apparent that part is old and part is new. This quite often happens will wall cappings and parapets and castellations on the exterior of houses. Parts have gone missing, maybe fallen off or been stolen, and we make new stone copings to match the remaining ones. It is actually quite interesting to see how the new stone gradually weathers until it is hard to tell which is which.
We’ve had to replace worn steps in grand stone staircases too. Some because they’ve been worn away, but thousands of weary feet, others because they’ve been damaged by alterations or even partial collapse of the buildings. In the end there is nothing that we can’t replicate. If it was made in stone originally, then it can be made in stone again!
So don’t be put off. If you find an old stone fireplace or some old stone stairs and there are a few pieces missing don’t give up…. just give us a call, and we’ll help you fill in the missing pieces!!