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The work.
Forty years of fireplaces, farmhouses, walls and patios. Filter by type, click any photo to see it larger.
Case study · Restoration
From stucco to stone.
A Doylestown family hired us to replace siding with stone walling. Behind a recent addition we found a foundation of cinderblock, wood and loose stone that could not carry a laundry room. We recommended taking it down, and under the stucco of the main house we found the original fieldstone. The owners chose to expose and repoint it, and we expanded the patio in bluestone.
Case study · Walkways
An entrance walkway, rebuilt.
The original slate walkway had cracking joints and weeds growing through, a sure sign the base had failed. We lifted every stone, replaced the decayed concrete foundation, planned a new pattern that salvaged what could be saved, and set each piece pitched to drain. A stain finished the job and protects the stone.
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Ours, and the other guy's.
A client dropped their first mason halfway through a gazebo project because the stone pillars were coming out wrong. We were hired to build the outdoor gas fireplace properly. On the left, our veneer work. On the right, the previous contractor's, on the same property.
Veneer is thinner and lighter than full stone, but it still demands a real foundation, a planned pattern and a mason who cares where every piece lands. Some quarries advertise it as something anyone can install. These two photos are the argument against that.
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Alex documents the work on Instagram. Start-to-finish fireplace builds, stucco reveals, patio restorations and the occasional trip to Los Angeles to build a wall with his dad.