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Steve Walker
Member since 24th November 2006
Occupation: Stone Engraver Steve Walker has been a stone and marble mason for 40 years, working in almost every type of stone marble and granite. He is now a house sign engraver, sole owner, of
StoneEngravings House signs
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05th July 2007
I have been a stone and marble mason for forty years and for all of my working life I have been obsessive about keeping potential stain creating products out of my workshop and away from my stocks of stone , marble and granites. It therefore follows tha...
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08th May 2007
This document makes the case for the introduction of New legislation to set minimum requirements of standards for house signs across the UK.
Clearly such legislation is currently in the early discussion stage but the strong social economic and environm...
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08th May 2007
Granite worktops in the kitchen are becoming more and more an essential luxury addition for the trend conscious householder but not all in the granite garden is rosy. In our previous home I installed pink granite worktops and lived with them for five year...
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30th April 2007
This article describes the various ways of fixing a stone or slate house sign.
Screw Fixing your house sign:
This is the most common method of fixing a house sign or house number and it is probably the simplest, but there are one or two things you wi...
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30th April 2007
Restoring Re- Gilding An Old House Sign
Does your house sign or number need restoration. Are the letters and numbers faded and scruffy? Was it a good quality house sign in its heyday? If so consider re-furbishing your house sign with genuine gold leaf....
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04th April 2007
Forty years ago when I started out my career all marble edge polishing was done by hand. Today such work is done entirely by machine but there are still circumstances where hand polishing would be a useful skill to know.
Traditionally edge polishing wa...
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04th April 2007
If you would like to try carving your own stone house sign and you have no previous experience, you may find some of the tips below will help.
First choose a suitable stone, unless you are experienced at carving, select a soft stone such as Bath stone.
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12th February 2007
Yorkstone is one of those quintessential English stones that everyone has heard about but how many people actually know what a very special stone Yorkstone really is?
Of all the natural stones quarried in the UK York stone is probably the most versatile....
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12th February 2007
If ever you fancy a try at stone carving your own house sign or even a stab at sculpture, it might be of some help to understand the various tools and their uses.
There are basically three different sets of tools depending on the type of stone or marbl...
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12th February 2007
I have run my own stone and marble workshop for over twenty five years and it became a regular occurrence to have visitors looking to buy a piece of stone or marble to try out stone carving. I have a soft spot for all wannabee artists so I would never cha...
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24th January 2007
As a maker of house signs it never ceases to amaze me at how few house sellers consider the importance of having a decent house sign on the properties they are selling.
We are told that the first impressions are so important to prospective buyers that ...
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15th January 2007
House Signs And Their Importance to House Sellers
As a maker of house signs it never ceases to amaze me at how few house sellers consider the importance of having a decent house sign on the properties they are selling.
We are told that the first imp...
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24th November 2006
The use of granite for house signs and kitchen tops is becoming more popular, but do you really know what granite is?
Granite is quite simply a type of very hard rock or stone, it is dug from the ground or blasted or cut from the side of mountains. Thi...
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24th November 2006
If you are in the process of buying a new house sign, one of the material you should give real consideration to is amazing natural Granite. Granite is a natural rock, hewn from quarries in giant blocks and cut and sliced into use-able sizes and then amaz...
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24th November 2006
A house sign is a clear statement to every visitor to your home. Whether your home sports a smart contemporary house sign or a quality traditional style of house sign will be seen, in a small way at least as a reflection of the type of people you are.
Fo...
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