Tuckpointing Caulking Restoration
JND Enterprises
Serving Chicago, Chicagoland
Northwest Indiana
Residental | Commercial | Institutional
815-573-4551
Limestone medallions are expensive to replace. Time is also a factor, it takes quiet awhile to have medallions manufactured. An alternative is repair with stone mortar repair cement.
Once limestone repair mortar is placed and roughly formed, it's time to put the finish on the patch. Mortar repair cement comes in a limited variety of color tones. There are times were the mortar repair cement doesn't match at all, on these occasions we stain the repair to get the almost perfect match.
Epoxies are very effective for repairing concrete and masonry. The repair shown here was for an aesthetic reason.
Limestone medallions are expensive to replace. Time is also a factor, it takes quiet awhile to have medallions manufactured. An alternative is repair with stone mortar repair cement.
When a stone has deteriorated past its original surface texture, carved features or has spalled, it’s time to consider stone replacement or stone patching repair.
Hairline cracking can be repaired with various methods, such as an epoxy injection or in severe instances, a process called stitching can be used which involves widening a joint and installing stainless steel pins adjacent to the crack in the stone and filling with epoxy and a clear coat gel to fix the existing stone. Small spalls can be patched with a cementious stone patching material custom made to match the color of the original stone.
