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Specialties that raise your pay

• Historic restoration

  Repointing and rebuilding old stone buildings. Skilled, respected and better paid than new construction.

• Stone carving and lettering

  A rare craft. Memorials, architectural details and conservation work.

• Refractory work

  Lining furnaces and kilns with heat-resistant masonry, mostly in industry and paid at industrial rates.

• Hardscape and landscape stonework

  Patios, retaining walls and fireplaces for homeowners, where a small business can do well.