stone repair

[plasticpigeon]

I know this is the second time posting on this subject but I have received some strange advice from another mason (after the first damaged my stonework) that I would like to air. The new guy after suggesting repairing and painting my stonework, then said if I wanted to leave the stone exposed, I could make up a stone dust PVA mix and repair with that. This sounds a bit strange to me, especially for an external repair. I'd have thought a lime based repair more suitable for a limestone, but I realise that it might be easier to match the colour if the repair medium was a mix of stone dust and a colourless binder. On a similar subject, does anyone know where I can buy stone from for stone carving please? I think the stone on my place looks like bathstone. I can see me resorting to making the damaged parts of the window cappings myself at this rate.

 

[Feltwell]

I had new sandstone hinge blocks for my gate piers from this quarry, which is within reasnoble distance of you PP:-

http://www.grinshillstonequarry.co.uk/

You deal direct with the quarry's own stonemason's yard.

 

[plasticpigeon]

Thanks Feltwell, I should have said, I think the stone I need is a limestone, it is a pale cream colour, and looks quite like bathstone so I think the grinshill sandstone may not match up very well unfortunately.