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Conservation clients are checking whether you will damage the building. Show that you would not.
Much stonemasonry work is on old and often protected buildings, where the person appointing you is accountable for the result to a conservation officer, a church authority or a heritage body.
They are not primarily assessing craftsmanship, which they assume. They are assessing judgement: whether you will use the right mortar, match the right stone, and know when to leave something alone.
What your customers want answered
- Have you worked on listed or protected buildings before
- Do you work in lime, and when would you use it rather than cement
- Can you match my existing stone, and where would it come from
- Do you do carving and replacement as well as repair
- Will you deal with the conservation officer and consents
Explain the mortar decisionRepointing historic soft stone in hard cement mortar traps moisture and causes the stone face to erode instead of the joint. A mason who explains that, and shows repairs done in an appropriate lime mix, has demonstrated the exact judgement a conservation client is trying to assess.
Not mentioning consent
Work to a listed building frequently needs listed building consent, and owners often do not know. A firm that raises it early is seen as protecting the client rather than creating obstacles.
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