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Grave Care

Concrete work, cleaning, and restoration, for graves old and new.

Concrete slabs

Poured over an underground burial, a slab keeps the ground from caving in. Slabs also make the foundation for a vault that sits entirely above ground, and the tops and bottoms of brick tombs and other grave structures.

More concrete on a plot also means less grass to keep up.

Reinforced
Steel and synthetic fiber in every slab
A large new concrete slab poured across a family plot.
A new slab across a family plot.
Concrete slabs poured over a row of graves, with headstones and flowers.
A heart-shaped double headstone on a new concrete slab, with flowers on each side.

Concrete aprons

Also called copings

An apron around a vault does three things:

  1. Steadies the vault so it doesn’t lean or sink.
  2. Keeps grass from growing up around the vault.
  3. Finishes the vault and makes it look complete.
Two concrete vaults on a slab with a wide concrete apron, flowers, a bench, and a solar light.

Headstone pads

When a headstone sits on the ground, as it does over an underground burial, a concrete pad poured first keeps the stone from leaning or sinking.

Cleaning and abrasive blasting

Abrasive blasting and cleaning take mildew, mold, and years of weather off slabs, vaults, and tombs.

Before: Four family graves before cleaning, their concrete slabs dark with mildew and weathering.
After: The same four graves after cleaning, the slabs and headstones bright again.
Four family graves, before and after abrasive blasting.

Texture coating

Also called weather coating

A texture coating gives a plain concrete vault a stone-like finish that stands up to the weather.

Before: A smooth, plain concrete vault with a bronze plaque, before texture coating.
After: A concrete vault after texture coating, finished in a mottled, stone-like gray.
A plain concrete vault, before and after texture coating.

Demolition and restoration

Restoring an old grave happens in two phases.

  1. Demolition of a grave that is old, broken down, cracked, or sinking. Sometimes the casket is moved to a holding vault until the work is done.
  2. Rebuilding, either matching the original layout or building an entirely new vault, grave, or tomb.
An old white-brick tomb, cracked and stained, during demolition.
A failing tomb, during demolition.
A red brick tomb with a white concrete top and a statue of the Virgin Mary.
A rebuilt brick tomb.

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