How do they match: Stonemasons

  • Landscape Manager

  • Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.
  • Dig trench for foundation of monument, using pick and shovel.
  • Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
  • Remove sections of monument from truck bed, and guide stone onto foundation, using skids, hoist, or truck crane.
  • Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.
  • Repair cracked or chipped areas of stone or marble, using blowtorch and mastic, and remove rough or defective spots from concrete, using power grinder or chisel and hammer.
  • Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
  • Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
  • Smooth, polish, and bevel surfaces, using hand tools and power tools.