Overview

Scoop

Day-to-Day

• Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
• Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
• Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
• Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
• Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.

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