The creative process varies with the application. We frequently get prints and have to interpert them and then negotiate the implementation of someone vision and come up with a reasonable approach. For our bathroom floor we looked at what we had on hand and what we had to do. Our up stairs bathroom has been [...]
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LON’S LAKE HOUSE
Lon’s Lake house has a veneer of Heritage Valley split face stone. Another name for the same stone is Norumbega Natural. We use two suppliers, J.C Stone and Rockers. They are both great suppliers and offer timely processing of this stone. This is a 4′ split face veneer, or put another way, random ashlar veneer. [...]
McCarthy’s Masonry Project
We work for Bruce Laukka Inc frequent and enjoy working for a contractor that is timely , consciencious, through, pushes projects through and comes up with wonderful projects like McCarthy’s. There is a stone porch under these pillars and two chimneys with 4 fireplaces. This is the ocean side and you can see what attention [...]
McDonalds’ house
Parking at the McDonalds’ house. The McDONALDS’ house, our works place for nine months. Our stone wall leading to the front door. The back side of the wall. Lakeside storage and entry. Lakeside entry. Main lakeside entry. Holly, caretaker and gardener extrodinaire, on our bluestone steps, leading to the main entry. We did the McDonalds’ [...]
Joyce’s Restaurant (Hallowell)
Joyce’s Restaurant was our winter project. We repointed, rebuilt, rebricked, cleaned, removed vast sections, cut in new doors, windows, pieced in, toothed in, toothed out, replaced lintels, replaced sills, built retaining walls, patios, installed granite posts, sand-blasted, peeled paint, acid washed and cleaned. We trucked thousands of old brick over to Forgotten Stoneworks. We cleaned, [...]
Mt Vernon Library Granite Steps
. Celeste moves quickly. Richard poses while Celeste finishes clean up. Occasionally jobs come out as well as planned.
MOUNT VERNON LIBRARY
We were approached by Harold Kelly about building a small wall at the Mt. Vernon Library as part of a gardening project started by a bequest from Sue Inch of Mt. Vernon. I had known Bruce and Sue 35 years previous and lost track of them through moving, divorce and the subsequent lifestyle changes. I [...]
Beach stone fireplace
Michelle and Pat wanted a fireplace in their house by the ocean. They wanted a fireplace with beach stones, so I suggested putting shells and sea glass between the rocks. They came up with stones and shells from their travels, and someone brought fossils. We added a thermal granite hearth, with a waterstruck brick firebox. [...]
Jerry’s cabin
Kris sets a rock into the cabin support system, which is tree trunks on concrete footings. Kris is putting a large veneer around the concrete. Our very large veneer around the pressure-treated post. Jerry’s cabin with our veneer wall. More of our veneer from the Forgotten Stoneworks. Carleton, carpenter extrodinaire, carries a plank past our [...]
Thermotech Masonry
We do all sorts of work from fireplaces, chimneys, walls, walkways, exterior and interior veneers and blockwork, both glass and cement. We also do specialty work, one of a kind mosaics for your entry, wall, patio floor, even fountain areas. We also carry: sand, stone dust, pea stone, crushed rock, ¾” and a mix of [...]