Memorial Renovation, Cleaning & Maintenance to marble & granite grave head stones

Memorial Renovation and Maintenance

When a memorial is to be renovated it is always necessary for one of our experienced staff to inspect the memorial before the work commences. We are then able to compile a report of all the work that will be needed in order to restore the memorial to its original condition.

The following prices are, therefore, a guide to the costs that may be involved. However, each enquiry will be dealt with individually and priced accordingly.

Our estimates are free of charge and our clients are under no obligation to accept them.

Cleaning

Surface clean Lawn Memorial (headstone & base) using chemicals	£ 60.00
Surface clean Traditional Memorial using chemicals	£ 120.00
Thoroughly clean Lawn Memorial using abrasive machines and chemicals	£ 120.00
Thoroughly clean Traditional Memorial using abrasive machines and chemicals	£ 240.00

Please note, it is not always possible to use abrasive machines where there is existing lettering. Often the lettering would need to be re-cut or cleaned around using a sandblaster or scraper.

Lettering (Price per letter up to 1” high. Letters over 1” priced plus 50% per ¼”)

MARBLE	Sandblasted and Enamel Painted Hand cut and Enamel Painted Hand cut and Lead Filled	£ 2.25 £ 2.85 £ 3.25
GRANITE	Sandblasted and Enamel Painted Sandblasted and Gilded Hand cut and Enamel Painted Hand cut and Gilded Raised Lead Enamel Painted Raised Lead Gilded	£ 2.60 £ 3.00 £ 3.15 £ 3.65 £ 4.75 £ 5.25
MARBLE & GRANITE	Re-Enamel Incised Re-Gilded	£ 1.00 £ 1.40

The methods used to create a cut, drilled and lead filled letter mean it is often not possible to replace just one or two letters. The process involved may lead to the loosening or misshaping of letters already present.

Re-fixing

Often the memorial was not fixed together using dowels and upon inspection one of the vase posts or side kerbs is loose. Where appropriate we would quote for drilling and doweling the memorial back together which should prevent it happening again.

Memorial Interiors

The centre of many kerbset memorials are often filled with soil for planting. Families may move away and it can become difficult for them to maintain this area of the memorial. Our memorial staff are able to excavate the existing centre and lay any of the following in place of the soil:

Grey Granite Chippings on concrete chipping bed	£ 140.00
White Marble Chippings on concrete chipping bed	£ 150.00
Green, Cobalt Blue, Turquoise or White fossite chippings	£ 160.00
Infill centre with concrete mix and lay: Mixture of coloured Marble and Granite Crazy Paving	£ 350.00
Internal or External Coverslab in Marble or Granite	quotation on request

Maintenance

Where families have moved away or the upkeep of a grave is physically too difficult, we offer maintenance agreements on a 5 year contract basis. The memorial is visited twice a year, chemically cleaned, tidied around, levelled, joints re-pointed, photographed and a report made out on the condition of the memorial.

Please contact us if interested in taking out a maintenance agreement.

ALL PRICES ARE EXCLUSIVE OF V.A.T.

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