Stone Masonry
As a natural extension of our specialist façade cleaning business, our commercial and heritage stone masonry division offers a comprehensive restoration service, covering all external stone, brick and render types. This integrated approach allows Styles Façade Solutions® (formerly Thomann-Hanry®) to offer a one-stop service for all your façade cleaning and maintenance requirements, from initial survey to final structural repair.
Our commercial stone masonry team’s remit is broad, encompassing every area of masonry conservation and restoration, from the repair of historic stonework, statuary, and monuments to the production of new architectural masonry. By combining traditional skills and craftsmanship with state-of-the-art facilities, we demonstrate best practices in all aspects of stone conservation.
PROFESSIONAL STONEMASONRY & FAÇADE RESTORATION
Styles Façade Solutions® is expertly placed to become your preferred commercial and heritage stone masonry partner. Our range of specialist stonemasonry services includes precision cutting and carving stone, from corbels and cornices to small indents, as well as the production of new architectural masonry as required. Regardless of the type of natural stone, our restoration services are designed to safeguard the structural and aesthetic integrity of the building.
We also use traditional mortar pointing and repointing methods and mortar mixes, alongside modern construction techniques and mortar formulations. This dual expertise ensures our specialist team can work across different architectural styles; whether we are working on a historic landmark or a 21st-century commercial block, allowing you peace of mind, knowing that your building is in safe hands.
HERITAGE STONEMASONRY AT ITS BEST
To preserve as much of the original historic materials as possible, we prioritise structural consolidation and repair over unnecessary replacement. We adopt the same minimal- intervention philosophy for re-pointing, carrying out work where necessary, while preserving the appearance and integrity of otherwise sound historic masonry and existing mortars.
Where replacement is unavoidable, we ensure a close match to the original mortar in both composition and colour. Selectively repairing or replacing only where it is truly required helps preserve the original character of heritage buildings.
Our conservation techniques also include:
- Surface consolidation
- Specialist resin repairs
- Bespoke premix render repairs for re-shaping mouldings and carvings
AGILE STONEMASONRY RESTORATION WITHOUT SCAFFOLDING
With all stonemasonry capabilities in-house, works can be coordinated in parallel with complementary aspects of façade and masonry restoration and maintenance, providing clients with a comprehensive and perfectly aligned service. This joined-up approach to conservation also means our stonemasons can carry out on-site work without the use of expensive, time-consuming and unsightly scaffolding.
Our masons operate from Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs) reaching heights of up to 37 metres (12 storeys). This eliminates the need for unsightly, expensive scaffolding and allows us to work to the highest standards of health and safety, no matter the weather conditions, with agility, even in the most inaccessible or restricted environments.
Styles Façade Solutions® stonemason tracing an ornamental scroll and acanthus detail from the stonework at Gibb's Building, King's College, University of Cambridge, onto paper. This careful record will guide the crafting of a replacement carved ornament in the workshop as part of the façade's restoration.
SPECIALIST COMMERCIAL STONE BUILDING REPAIR AND RESTORATION
We are proud to offer the benefits of highly specialised, traditional craftsmanship and have an innovative and forward-thinking approach to conservation using traditional stonemasonry craft alongside modern power tools and equipment. This delivers a service which is steeped in the historical craft while looking towards the future.
We have invested heavily in our stonemasonry offerings. Our purpose-built facilities at our Park Royal depot include a dedicated stonemasonry workshop. It includes an industry-leading dry-extraction system and a silent-running compressor, providing a world-class filtration and clean breathing air for our masons so they can produce the high-precision work that heritage projects demand.
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