headstones or markets
Headstones or Markers *
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Large Headstones are usually purchased from cemetery monument dealers, a tradition. For good reasons, Most cemetery associations require a Professional Monument Dealer, but there are better and less expensive ways to mark a grave, so ask your dealer.
If the burial is in a public cemetery or church graveyard, you must be permitted to make any rules changes. But traditions, rules, or customs do change, so monument dealers are the best place to get professional help.
Research on the Internet, Pinterest.com, for ideas you and your family may like.
But Do go to your local Monument Dealer for some professional help.
The best materials for gravestones today would be durable materials like granite or bronze; also, stainless steel is becoming quite popular. Granite is affordable, rugged, and heavy, making it hard to steal. Also, granite is an excellent foundation for any headstone or monument; place your engraved granite headstone on a granite foundation rather than concrete. Granite should be installed within a well-drained substrate, like gravel, to keep it from heaving.
Cemetery Services policy is not to repair old sandstone headstones that may have fallen into desuetude in cemeteries. We know to no good way to restore old Sandstone headstone because its material sediment, mainly of sand or rock grains of quartz or feldspar and is very fragile and can not be nicely repaired; we feel any repair of sandstone would not be a respectful way to honor the loved one, family or cemetery.
We encourage replacing a broken headstone with a new marker easily obtained from a local monument dealer that is safe for outdoor use. A granite monument dealer can easily engrave an epitaph for your Headstones or Markers.
Give this some thought!
Large Headstones are usually purchased from cemetery monument dealers, a tradition. For good reasons, Most cemetery associations require a Professional Monument Dealer, but there are better and less expensive ways to mark a grave, so ask your dealer.
If the burial is in a public cemetery or church graveyard, you must be permitted to make any rules changes. But traditions, rules, or customs do change, so monument dealers are the best place to get professional help.
Research on the Internet, Pinterest.com, for ideas you and your family may like.
But Do go to your local Monument Dealer for some professional help.
The best materials for gravestones today would be durable materials like granite or bronze; also, stainless steel is becoming quite popular. Granite is affordable, rugged, and heavy, making it hard to steal. Also, granite is an excellent foundation for any headstone or monument; place your engraved granite headstone on a granite foundation rather than concrete. Granite should be installed within a well-drained substrate, like gravel, to keep it from heaving.
Cemetery Services policy is not to repair old sandstone headstones that may have fallen into desuetude in cemeteries. We know to no good way to restore old Sandstone headstone because its material sediment, mainly of sand or rock grains of quartz or feldspar and is very fragile and can not be nicely repaired; we feel any repair of sandstone would not be a respectful way to honor the loved one, family or cemetery.
We encourage replacing a broken headstone with a new marker easily obtained from a local monument dealer that is safe for outdoor use. A granite monument dealer can easily engrave an epitaph for your Headstones or Markers.