One Day Stone Repair Training
March 5, 2015 |
Stone Repair Certification Training - One Day
The success of a masonry restoration often relies heavily on the repair or the masonry units themselves. This workshop delivers straightforward strategies and techniques for masonry unit repair from start to finish using injection grout, dispersed hydrated lime injection mortar, stone repair mortars, and dispersed hydrated lime spachtel (surface finish). Work hands-on with master stone conservators to repair Indiana Limestone, Lake Superior Red Sandstone, Brownstone, Terra Cotta and brick.
This course covers:
- Properties of stone in building envelopes
- Stone deterioration causes
- Deteriorated stone removal
- Cleaning and neutralizing salts
- Avoiding color matching mistakes
- Stone reconstruction
- Casting stone from molds
- Stone carving basics
- Matching stone variegation
- Rockface & ashlar finishes
- Stone reconstruction project case studies
$325/day
Join us at the US Heritage Group Headquarters for our Historic Masonry Repointing with Lime Putty Mortar and Stone Repair one day training sessions, available in back-to-back. Training sessions are open for February, March and April 2015. Take either class or both.
Special Offers for 2015 In-House training sessions:
Free registration for qualifying architects, engineers and preservation organization staff!
Reimbursement of contractor of training registration fees!
Limited number of free registration slots available. For more information or to register for this event, contact Matt Engelmann at 773.286.2100 ext. 306 or at engelmann@usheritage.com.
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Location Information |
US Heritage Group Training Center |
3516 N. Kostner Ave Chicago, IL 60641 |
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