This historical sandstone wall is falling apart and needs to be repointed and waterproofed from the exterior.
This picture clearly displays the damage that water can cause to a sandstone wall.
The porch had to be totally rebuilt; Foundation, columns, balustrades, stairs etc. Abalon specializes in all of these historic foundation repairs, and more.
The porch was underpinned using Helical Piles. The walls were repointed and balustrades and stairs rebuilt.
Here is a repaired wall. It is very important to use the proper mortars to match the historic originals. In this case, we used a lime based mortar.
This copula wall was entirely rebuilt. Some stones had to be replaced, with Jahn M70 historical mortar repair being used.
This picture displays the rebuilt front wall balustrades and stairs. The patina was left on the stones, as not to change the character of the house.
This is the completely rebuilt front porch, which included the foundation, walls columns, balustrades and steps.
These two houses are side-by-side in the historic Elbow Park area of Calgary.