Recent content by arnie0011

Ok, just spoken with a stonemason chap and he agreed it is shot and unless I'm willing to spend thousand to completely replace the canopy which I'm not. So.... what material i can use to fix it, just lime mortar? Cover it with lead is still an idea... Photo attached - It is after the 2016...

I'll try to take a better photo tomorrow morning, the first photo was taken before the first fix in 2016. It is abit better now but not by much. Agreed with the lead solution but as you mentioned it might get nicked.. We are in not living in the hood but at the same time the police do drop by...

Long story short, we move into our house 3 years ago. We noticed there was signs of leak just around the door lintel and after checking we discovered the top of the stone canopy was all cracked up, so we got a stone mason to have a look. He added in a sheet of lead on the joint between the...