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Legacy In Stone


Why Historic Masonry Fails—and How Modern “Restoration” Often Makes It Worse
When a building exhales, you can hear it. A low crackle through the limestone. The faint sigh of vapor leaving a wall that’s older than the city around it. Every stone facade breathes - until someone silences it with good intentions and the wrong materials. We’ve seen it too many times. A century-old church “restored” with hard cement that locks in moisture. A brownstone sealed so tightly its face begins to blister. Within a few winters, the facade starts whispering its distr
Kingstone Restoration
Oct 134 min read
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