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11-20-2008, 06:32 AM
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Trade: Stonemasonry
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Natural Thin Veneer
This is a good sized project. I'll post ongoing pics as we make progress. The big challenge on this job is dealing with the site. Most of the grade is steeper than 45 degrees, and we have to bring all our materials down from the very top as we work. There is 105' of elevation from the lowest stone to the highest.
 
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11-20-2008, 07:35 AM
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Trade: Masonry
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Location: Ivoryton CT
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
HOLY CRAP! DUDE! That's making me dizzy. Looks like all the trades are having fun on that one.
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11-20-2008, 08:42 AM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
HOLY CRAP is right! Thats a hell of a retaining wall there. I do not envy you on this one.
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11-20-2008, 03:08 PM
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Trade: Bricklayer / contractor
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
Yeah holy crap. Are you suicidal or do you just not like your workers anymore?
Nice house though and looking forward to finished pics. Stay safe. 
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11-20-2008, 03:43 PM
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Trade: Masonry / architectural stone carving
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
No challenge too great for a stone mason
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11-20-2008, 03:43 PM
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Trade: Home Remodeling
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
Holy Crabs Indeed !! LOL... Labor charges alone must be in 6 figures+ for these Million dollar houses... Rich rich rich contractor.
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11-20-2008, 05:03 PM
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Trade: Landscape contractor
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
Wow that looks scary and a PITA. I think you should talk the homeowner into stoning the retaingwall. Maybe you are?
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11-20-2008, 07:45 PM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
thats more like a holy
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11-21-2008, 09:16 PM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
The more I look at the scaffold, (mason AND carpenter) the more I laugh. Not meaning anything bad....but some of that stuff is even scary to me. I like the two step ladder and plank set up in the 1st pic. Ehhhh, it's only 105'.
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11-21-2008, 09:19 PM
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Trade: LI,NY designer, new homes, renovation work, concre
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
Holy crap, i am glad i dont get involved in those CRAZZY projects anymore.. GOOD LUCK, LOOKS GREAT
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11-23-2008, 09:01 AM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
Yeah, I had two laborers quit the first week.
 I would rather be on my setup than the carpenters. They have 60' pump jacks!
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11-23-2008, 09:09 AM
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 , 2x4, pumpjack setups. Hats off to you, those jobs really take ALOT of energy to complete. You really have to BRING IT. What part of UPSTATE is that project? It will be a good one for your portfolio, be safe. G
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11-23-2008, 09:17 AM
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Trade: Everything The Union Guys Do Not Want To Do
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
The Stone Work looks VERY Italian...............?
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11-23-2008, 03:41 PM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
artisanstone,
I don't even know what to say... I just kept going back and looking at that staging detail and never even looked at the stonework till MALCO made a coment. I stage my jobs so my help and I feel safe and almost never leave it to some other trade to stage. The contractors I work with call me to either borrow or have me help them stage when their not sure how to deal! CJCarl hit it right when he stated ,"Holy Crap! Dude!" There's little room for the staff, let alone the materials! YIKES!!! D. |
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11-23-2008, 06:48 PM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
Don't worry, the pics were taken while tearing down one section and setting up another. The staging on the chimney is step one for setting more durable staging as the pitch of the adjacent roof is 21 on 12! Stone work demands some pretty wide platforms as I'm sure you know. Unfortunately I can't even use side brackets on much of this job, as the scaffolding is forced against the house by various factors. My normal setup is aluminum walkboards on side brackets with a full 5' wooden deck for materials. This job, we're working just off the 5' deck.
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11-23-2008, 07:19 PM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
Were you actually able to bid that....or T&M?
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01-15-2009, 05:38 AM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
All right fellas. Trying to work through the winter. We've made some progress.
  
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01-15-2009, 05:42 AM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
After using so much of it, I'm not such a huge fan of this stuff. The thing I like the least is the corners. As supplied, they're too irregular and don't lap enough. We've done the best we can with the material.
  
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01-15-2009, 07:10 AM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
Bill,
That's quite a piece of work, a very large piece! I'm impressed and for thin stone you worked wonders.  D. |
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01-15-2009, 10:19 AM
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Re: Natural Thin Veneer
Engineering insanity
 Does that place have an elevator?
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