In this section you will find out how to take care of stonemasonry, how to restore buildings to there former glory, and tips on how to slow down the weathering process, by using the right methods of cleaning and restoration for that particular type of stone.
There are before and after pictures, which you can enlarge by clicking on the image, so you can see when the right process is applied the sometimes dramatic changes in a buildings apperance.
here at the totalstone web site we feel this section is where we most specialise, as all the projects were undertaken by someone at totalstone, offering you over twenty years of experience, so you can rest assured the information has been tried and tested.
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WATER CLEANING
Water cleaning is an enviromentally friendly process for carbon deposit removal. Carbon deposits are what gives buildings an old dirty, rundown look.This not only makes the property an eyesore it also damages the stone, as carbon soot fills the pores and stops the stone from breathing, this can weaken the masonry, especially where certain types of stone are more suseptible than others, in these cases it can lead to a total breakdown of the masonry face. Making it a much more expensive and time consuming proceedure, due to extra repairs and replacement of decayed masonry using the combination of clean water through nebulas sprays, phosphorus brushes and carborundum stones to gently remove carbon deposits. It leaves the building looking like new and ready for any restoration works that might be needed.
CITY HALL, CARDIFF.
 The build up of carbon deposits, were cleaned with nebulas sprays, A gentle and enviromentally friendly process, But in the wrong hands it can have detramental effects. Left on for an extended time period or unattended can lead to the stone turning a browny/ orange what we call 'burning',This is sometimes irreversable, So don't try this at home.
All four sides were cleaned in a record time of sixteen weeks, this is including the tower, where water pressure was scarce.But this still did not stop us from finishing it in time for the EURO SUMMIT.
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