In the traditional sense it can be summed up in one word - bricklayer. A Stonemason does much more than just bricklaying, though.
Here is a list of the services that a Stonemason can offer
Stone Fireplaces
In our 21st-century context, you don’t need a wood fire to keep your house warm. That doesn’t mean you can’t have a beautiful stone fireplace!
Some homes, especially older houses, have stone fireplaces in the lounge and dining room areas. If these haven’t been properly maintained, or you bought yourself a fixer-upper home, then you may require the services of a stonemason to get that fireplace into tip-top shape again.
Alternatively, you might want to add a traditional spin to a modern home by adding a stone fireplace into one of the living spaces.
A stonemason can repair existing fireplaces , add them to a living space, or apply cladding to give your fireplace a new look.
Stone Cladding
This can be done on a wide variety of surfaces. So, what is stone cladding exactly, you may ask? It’s just as the name suggests - cladding is applied to walls, to give it a rock-like finish. Any surface that is rendered with plaster or other media, is suitable to get a stone-clad look.
The cladding panels are 20-30mm stone sheets that are “glued” onto existing surfaces to give a stone wall finish. This is especially popular with more modern homes and adds a dimension of sophistication to your home - new or old.
Stone cladding is suitable for outdoor or indoor use and comes in a variety of shapes, colours, and sizes.
Nothing quite says “upper class” than a beautifully built stone wall. The Stonemason through the ages has been building stone walls - mostly to deter intruders. In the 21st-century, however, we add stone walls to existing homes to give them an old-world charm.
A well-designed and built stone wall gives an air of quality and will change the look of your home entirely.
Prebuilt Stone Piers
A stonemason will offer pre-built piers that can be used for a variety of purposes. Piers are often used in gateways, archways, as posts for walls or fences, or anything else that you can imagine.
Pre-built piers save time as they don’t need to be built on-site and can be ordered according to your specifications before you embark on your stonemason project
Stone Structures
Here you can let your imagination go wild.
These structures are built by a stonemason to whatever specification you desire. They can be used as flower beds or other small gardens, barbecues or fire pits, garden walls, stairs, or fountains.