Cole Masonry NH

05/26/2016

Spring is a great time to start thinking about your home improvement projects! While we are no longer building fireplaces, we are happy to help you with any tile or veneer projects. Call 603-895-2549 to have us come out and take a look for a free quote.

08/22/2014

Here are a few of the projects Fred and Wayne have been working on over the summer.

08/20/2014

This is just great! I love that her partner left her his tools. That's a real sign of respect.

Barbara Moore was the only woman bricklayer in Baltimore when she started the job in 1973. "A lot of the older guys didn't think I should be...

06/12/2014

This picture shows Fred receiving an award from the Associated General Contractors of America for best mason apprentice in Texas back in the early 1960s. He went on to place in the top 10 in the National Bricklayers Competition for apprentices in Louisville, Kentucky later that year. He says he still remembers how much he hated that tie.

06/09/2014

We are currently waist deep in the West Branch in North Central Maine(hopefully catching a fair amount of Trout & Salmon) so no blog post this week. Instead, I'll leave you with an image of the famous timbrel vaulted ceilings done by the Guastavino Tile Co. at NYC's City Hall subway station. I'll cover the Guastavinos and their "Tile Arch System" in a future blog posting.

06/06/2014

Gone fishin'. Be back . . . soon? ;)

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06/05/2014

I was recently going through some old bills and stumbled across an invoice for the brick Dad used to build the Cole homestead back in '74. That's 9,000 select water struck brick (New York blend) from W.S. Goodrich. This was back when Goodrich was manufacturing their brick. Look at the price! The total amount for the brick is $1,170.00. . . that's $.13 a brick!!! Try to find a quality water struck brick for those prices today.

06/03/2014

We headed up to Huntress Pond first thing this morning and I framed this up for our next little stone veneer project. But, we need to catch some brook trout first . . .

06/02/2014

Check out our latest blog post at Cole Masonry's website. This week we look at the impressive medieval edifice, Krak Des Chevaliers.
http://www.colemasonrynh.com/2014/06/02/krak-des-chevaliers/

Krak Des Chevaliers is recognized as one of the greatest and well-preserved castles of the medieval era. Originally, it was a Kurdish stronghold until it was given to the Knights Hospitaller by the Count of Tripoli, in 1142 and called Crac de l'Ospital. It remained in their possession until it was s…

05/30/2014

I finished grouting and cleaning up our tilework today.