Stone restoration in New Hope & Solebury

Drive any road out of New Hope into Solebury and you pass one stone farmhouse after another, many with a bank barn and a springhouse down the hill. In town, old stone buildings sit close to the Delaware River and the canal. It is some of the finest stone in the county, and much of it is well over two hundred years old.

What we see in New Hope and Solebury

• Damp foundations and lower walls, especially on low ground near the river and canal, where stone stays wet longer.
• Hard cement repointing from past decades that is now trapping moisture and damaging the face of old stone.
• Stuccoed farmhouses, sometimes hiding beautiful fieldstone and sometimes hiding problems. A test patch tells us which.
• Bank barns and springhouses with failing corners, open joints and missing caps.
• Flagstone terraces and walks that have heaved, and stone walls that have started to lean.

How we approach it

Historic stone here deserves historic methods. We repoint with lime-rich mortar matched to the original, remove cement and stucco carefully, and keep every original stone that can be kept. See historic stone house restoration. For terraces, walks and walls, we restore first, then seal where it helps, with breathable penetrating sealers only.

Neighbors who know us

Joe and Tana Damino of New Hope called us "highly experienced and pleasurable to work with." Most of our Solebury work comes the same way, from one stone house owner to the next.

Questions we hear on site

Who does the work

Luciano Sansalone learned stonework at fifteen beside his father and grandfather in Italy and has worked on Bucks County stone for over forty years. His son Alex is the fourth generation. The two of them inspect every property and do the work themselves. Read our story.