The Wall is Done!
As some of you may remember, the decorative rock fell off the front of my house in late May or early June. Needless to say, with all the sickness and death of those months this minor issue at home was 
ignored. It was not structural and we could live without a rock facade,
Mark, the one I love best, examined the remaining parts of the wall and decided that all of it needed to be torn down and reworked. I frantically began to hunt someone to do the work. I called friends and others for suggestions. I finally located a man who came to the house while I was in Alabama. He quoted a price of $25.00 per hour but could not tell Mark how long he thought it would take. Mark agreed because we had had zero luck finding anyone else. They agreed that the work would begin around the 15th of July.
The old side of the house
I was in and out of Georgia during this time and would call to check with Adam the Stone Man (that is how I entered his number in my phone) to verify what we needed to be doing. I was reminded that Mark had agreed to chip the old mortar off the stones so as to save a buck. So, Mark got busy, doing this task over about three days. Granted he coulld have done it much quicker, but he got it done. I called Adam around the 4th-voice mail! No return call. Mark called several times, only to get the same results. We decided to begin the search again.
We went to a stone broker near our house and got a list of masons. I
called and found some could not get to the job before September-not acceptable. I continued to call and got prices that we decided were too rich for our blood. I finally reached David. He was on vacation but would call when he returned to the area. And he did! He came and negotiated the price and came timely and has just completed the job.
We are very pleased with the results. Now I wish that we could afford
The New facade
to rework the other side which has the same facade and the fireplace. We won’t but don’t we all dream?
This week home repairs are a part of country living!
Congratulations on finding the stone mason who could do the work well, in a timely fashion, and at a reasonable price. My step father was a master stone mason and I always appreciate seeing beautiful workmanship.