Stitching
Sometimes the cost of replacing a stone is not needed. The above picture shows a door head that was jacked back into its original position and stitched with a procedure using stainless steel dowls, epoxy resin and finished with a mortar to blend in with the appearance and texture of the original stone.
The first of the pictures below show a mason cutting back damaged and perished stonework to sound stone, the next picture shows the finished completed contract after brand new stone letters had been carved and then let in and fixed.
Mr Jepson, the founder and owner of Jepson Cornerstone LTD studied Stonemasonry at The Great Titchfield Street Masonry College in London from 1973 to 1977. Whilst serving an apprenticeship at the Department of Environment, later to be known as English Heritage and continued to work for them for a further 5 years after his apprenticeship had ended. There he earned his City & Guilds and Advanced City & Guilds in Stone Masonry as a qualified Banker/Mason/Fixer.