McCormick Masonry
1700 South Allen Rd. S
Allen, MI 49227
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Cultured Stone

This chimney faced with man-made stone was made to look as "real" as possible, by sawing many large pieces—called snecks. The pieces from the manufacturer were too large to fill wide mortar joints.
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The main task to which I was called at this place was the setting of fake stone to a chimney of bare block, which had also been painted gray.

I removed the paint with a grinder incrementally and went at installing this "cultured" stone. Here is a shot of the beginning of it.
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One day, nine freshly set stones were jostled by the placement of a 10th, and all 10 fell to the ground.

Cussed like a shipful of sailors, but softly. I don't like to make noise. No one was home at the house anyway.

Here is the bare block chimney:
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Here is the finished thing:
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Other stretches of the foundation of the house received the fake stone, too.
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