Terracotta
Terracotta was a very popular material used often in accenting buildings. This material has however become expensive and it has become costly to replace when damaged.
A more cost effective method of repairing buildings is to replace damaged pieces with limestone stained to match.
First we take the damaged piece off and make a template. We then use this template to shape the limestone. Finally we stain the stone to match the building and install the completed piece.
This is a patio renovation we did for the State of Illinois at Starved Rock.
Every masonry structure needs a solid foundation or the structure itself will crack and begin to fall apart. As you can see the limestone base for this monument was badly deteriorated. This caused a multitude of cracked mortar joints and cracked bricks. We were able to replace this limestone base with a new one, tuckpoint the mortar joints and replace the cracked brick with a customer approved match.
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