Cast Stone used inside the home. We do many fireplaces, we have a separate catalog just for fireplaces. However, there is quite a bit you can with stone on the interior of a home besides a fireplace mantel, or in addition to a fireplace mantel. […]
Louisiana Cast Stone Signage – Some time ago we posted a couple of signs we did for the Louisiana Department of Transportation (see here) These and other designs were approved and are now in production, and we’ve been photographing them in the lot, drying a bit and waiting for shipment. Below is the […]
Cast Stone Facades The Facade is the front facing section of a home. Any home may have more decorative and architectural than others or less, but one section faces the street and shows off what attractiveness the home has to offer. We pull images from many places, as samples and inspiration for all to view […]
Church Window Restoration – Some time ago we were tasked with reproducing the stone for a very elaborate stained glass window, Each piece of cast stone was drawn, reproducing the original design, creating repeatable sections of the window parts.
Georgian Home Restoration – Some time ago the Dallas Morning News ran an article on a classic historical home in one of the better residential neighborhoods of Dallas. This three-level Georgian style home was designed by a prominent architect of the day, Anton Korn, and was built in 1922. The cast stone was replaced with […]
Custom Cast Stone JJust about anything you can imagine a structure to look like can be made from cast stone. Much of our products are of a similar sort, shaped parts for surrounds, horizontal banding, Standard columns of the classic Greek and Roman orders, balustrade shaped like lathed wood, or other classic styles. We do […]
Cast Stone Submittals – The Next Stage of Production Once the production of a project is approved by everyone involved, We begin the final design stages, showing exactly what you will get, each part and each complete unit, and every linear foot of stone needed to build the project as you want it. We draw it […]
Cast Stone Estimating The first step in producing cast stone for a project is taking the plans and turning them into an estimate or bid. The best bids will specify as line-items the stone based on the architect’s or builder’s drawings. A good estimator will take customer plans and break them down into logical masonry units. Similar types of units […]
Customer Approval Points At several points in the production process we send drawings to a customer and they must sign and return them before we can proceed with the design process. There is a limited amount of time these approval documents can be held before it makes the original estimation of the delivery date impossible […]
Cast Stone by the Part A single block of cast stone is a part. If you know what you want, or have a good stone mason who does, you can send us a order of the number of parts you need and with financial approval, move your order straight into production, no design or drafting […]