“The Evolution of Mortar” that included a discussion of how our Jahn Substrate Specific/Engineered Mortars were developed. This educational presentation qualifies as one AIA Continuing Education Learning Unit (AIA CE LU).

Learn how to change/tweak mortar colors on the job site.

Cleaning of the interior of a beautiful chapel in a gorgeous setting, with a striking 145-foot bell tower and the Atlantic Ocean as a backdrop, using Cathedral Stone Products’ waterless cleaning system—our Latex Based Cleaner is the ultimate interior solution when you want to avoid using water.

Cathedral Stone Product line consists of materials and tools that make the “invisible” masonry repair possible, as these preservation professionals learned on-site.

CSP supports the effort by training cemetery preservation interns and staff at no charge. In exchange, Green-Wood allows CSP to use its maintenance garage for our demonstrations, which CSP offers to engineers, architects, preservationists, and others.

CSP representatives recently spoke on the evolution of mortar for a group of stonecutting interns at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site in Philadelphia, which was in operation from 1829 until 1971. The prison was abandoned for 20 years and is now a major preservation project.

I called around and soon learned that the laborers had gone on strike. Well, it was no wonder that the cathedral was a ghost town. Without laborers, you can’t get anything done. You can’t mix cement. You can’t make mortar for setting stone. You can’t build a cathedral. Nothing gets done without labor.

This grout is engineered to secure helical ties and anchors in masonry.