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Q: Why is the rock not sticking on the wall?
A: Dirty rocks - wash them well
Rocks too wet - let them dry
Mortar too wet or too dry - use more water or more sand and cement to adjust your mix
Not enough cement in the mix - add more cement (add bonding agent)
Poor quality stone (too shaley)
A: You did not use bonding agent to coat the wall, or rough the surface up - coat wall with bonding agent or rough the surface up
Dirty or greasy wall - clean it and coat it with bonding agent
Mortar too wet or too dry - use more water or more sand and cement to adjust your mix
Not enough cement in the mortar - add more cement (add bonding agent)
Wall too wet - let it dry

A: Mortar too wet or too dry - use more water or more sand and cement to adjust your mix
Not enough cement in the mortar - add more cement
Forgot to put on metal lath - put on metal lath
Q: How do I deal with mortar joints?
A: Mortar joints make all the difference between professional and unprofessional looking stonework. The most important thing is to keep your work neat and clean. It is easy to clean the mortar off the stone while the mortar is still weak. It is a lot of work - if not impossible to get mortar off after it has set up.
Q:
What do I do to repair a loose stone?
A: Remove any loose stone and mortar, clean the stone well, re-mortar it into place and redo your mortar joints. Use bonding agent in your mortar.
Q:
Why is rock falling off the wall after the job is finished?A: Stones were disturbed before they had set up.
Stones were not tapped into the mortar to create suction.
Note enough mortar was put behind the rocks or it was poor mortar.
Bonding agent was not used on your Masonry wall.
Poor rock that flakes off like mica was used (not our rock!).
Dirty rock was used.
The building settled and cracked the stonework. The footings were not adequate or settled too muck, (or perhaps a frost heave caused it).
The metal lath was not secured well enough.
The mortar froze.

A: You did not use enough cement in your mortar.
You used bad cement.
There was dirt in your sand, or you used poor sand. The sand must be sharp and clean.
There was salt in your sand
The moisture was sucked out of your mortar too fast so it dried too quickly and did not have a chance to cure properly. Bonding agent helps to prevent this.
Mortar was used that should have been thrown out. Do not add water to drying out mortar unless you really know what you are doing. Once the chemical reaction has taken place, the mortar could be shot.
Your mortar may have frozen.
GRANITE
Granite is an important structural and decorative
stone. It’s used for immense structural work due to its high compressive
strength and durability. It is the hardest structural stone. Granite’s
rich colors, stiffness and density, make it an ideal choice for
flooring, counter tops, vanities as well as exterior applications. Many
stylish patterns and colors make granite the most versatile and trendy
of all stones. It is also a very low-maintenance stone. Granite is
composed of quartz, feldspars, micas and other minerals. These minerals
contribute to the color and texture of the granite stones. Granites get
their wonderful variety of colors and patterns from minerals that are
melted into the liquid mass as it is formed..
MARBLE
Marble has been valued for thousands of years for its
rich palette of beautiful colors and appearance and is perfect, pretty
much anywhere in the house. Marble stones consist of limestone that has
undergone heat and pressure. A transformation process takes place when
the weight of overlying material, pressure from crystal collisions and
heat from the earth's core generate temperatures in excess of
1800ºF.Texture of marble depends on the form, size and uniformity of
grains. The element components of marble determine the color of the
stone. Generally calcite and dolomite marbles are of pure white color.
Variations of whiteness of pure marbles are due to the mixture of
foreign substances. Such impurities form streaks and clouds.
TRAVERTINE
Travertine is generally used for floors, walls,
countertops and for outside as cladding and pavement. Travertine is
generally filled with grout before it is honed or polished, which
produces a uniform surface more like other marbles. Unfilled travertine
is also quite beautiful, and is often seen as exterior surfaces of
buildings. Travertine stones result from hot spring water penetrating up
through underground limestone. When the water evaporates, it leaves
behind layers of dissolved limestone and other minerals, giving it its
banded appearance. Travertine stones are generally light-colored beiges
and tans.
LIMESTONE
The soft limestone stones are ideal for today's more
casual and comfortable environments. Generally these soft beiges and
tans are suitable for bathrooms, fireplaces, counters and floors.
Limestone is a sedimentary rock that is formed at the bottom of lakes
and seas, as organic matters settle to the bottom. As more and more
layers build up over thousands and millions of years, adding more and
more weight, the heat and pressure cause chemical reactions to take
place to harden the sediments into solid stone
SLATE
The lively colors and unique texture make slates
appropriate for interior as well as exterior applications. Slate is
formed of compressed layers of sediments formed under ocean. Since it is
formed in layers, it can easily be split to expose beautifully textured
surfaces. The usual colors of slates are earthy browns, beiges, yellows,
black, dark-grays, and greenish-gray, pinks, purples and copper are also
found. They usually exhibit lot of variations even in the same quarry.
Slates are used for flooring, cladding and landscaping.
SANDSTONE
Sandstone consists of sand covered by silica, iron
and lime. Cementing material determines the color of sandstone, iron
sandstones are reddish, brownish; carbonaceous, black; siliceous, white
and argillaceous, earthy to buff. The hardness of sandstones is
important in deciding suitability for applications for sandstone.
QUARTZITE
Quartzite stones are the same with slates, but with
higher content of quartz in them, which gives them, a bright texture.
They are very similar to slates. Like slates, quartzites are used for
various applications depending on their hardness.
You can only judge the quality after the work has been completed. So please go see some jobs in progress before leaving
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PROVIDING SERVICE'S IN: Chester County SC Beckhamville SC Blackstock SC Chester - county seat SC Edgemoor SC Eureka Mill SC Fort Lawn SC Gayle Mill SC Great Falls SC Lando SC Leeds SC Lewis SC Lowrys SC Richburg SC Rodman . Buford SC Elgin SC Heath Springs SC Indian Land SC Irwin SC Kershaw SC Lancaster Mill SC Lancaster SC Springdale SC Taxahaw SC Van Wyck Fairfield County SC Blair SC Jenkinsville SC Lake Wateree SC Longtown SC Mitford SC Monticello SC Parr SC Ridgeway SC Rion SC Rockton SC Simpson SC Smallwood SC White Oak SC Winnsboro SC Winnsboro Mills SC Woodward .Union County SC Adamsburg SC Buffalo SC Carlisle SC Cross Keys SC Jonesville SC Lockhart SC Monarch Mill SC Sandtuck SC Sedalia SC Shelton SC Union SC West Springs Providing Services in: Fort Mill, Tega Cay, Rock Hill, Lake Wylie, Clover, Bethel, Chester, Lancaster, Newport, York, River Hills, South Carolina Counties: Cherokee County, SC; Lancaster County, SC; York County, SC Cities/Towns: Blacksburg, SC; Bowling Green, SC; Catawba, SC; Clover, SC; Fort Mill, SC; Gaffney, SC; Heath Springs, SC; Hickory Grove, SC; Lancaster, SC; McConnell's, SC; Rock Hill, SC; Sharon, SC; Smyrna, SC; Spencer, Van Wyck, SC; York, SC, Weddington
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