Recent Projects

Dollar - free standing dry stone wall

STONE INSPIRED AWARDED FOR WORK BY DOLLAR CIVIC TRUST

We were very pleased to receive news that the Dollar Civic Trust had awarded Stone Inspired their bi-annual best small project award for our work at the property in Kellyburn Park, Dollar.

The assessors - from Clackmannanshire Council, Dollar Community Council and the Dollar Civic Trust - had given the following assessment of the work...

"The Assessors were impressed with the workmanship and quality of finish on the wall. It makes a positive contribution to the road frontage and the owner is to be commended for undertaking the work and employing a true craftsman".

Richard and Jason attended the Dollar Civic Trust AGM on the 27 November, where we picked up our certificates (see above).

You can read the Dollar Civic Trust press release here, and you can find more details about the Dollar Civic Trust, the Dollar Community Council and the Scottish Civic Trust by following the links.

...And here is what we built...

The client had a privet hedge that ran round the front of the property for a length of some 50m. They wanted this removed partly to improve the look of the garden and partly because of the work required to maintain the hedge.

We were asked to build a free standing free standing wall that measurement 50m in length and included two square corners and eight cheek-ends, finished with rough semi-circular copes, and standing 1.2m high.

The wall was built with Denfind Stone

Wallers - Jason Hoffman and Richard Love.

Free estimates and consultations

We provide free estimates and initial consultations for all walling and landscaping work. If you are interested in redesigning your garden using natural stone, please contact us.

Balvenie Masters of Craft Awards

I am very pleased to announce that I was one of three people short-listed in the stone category for the inaugural Balvenie/Sunday Telegraph craftsman of the year 2011.

This new award aims to celebrate heritage and hand-built crafts over seven materials categories including stone, wood and glass. The judging panel was TV presenter and author, Kevin McCloud, Chairman of the Heritage Crafts Association, Robin Wood, expert crafts photographer, Nick Hand, Editor of The Sunday Telegraph Life, Anne Cuthbertson and the whisky industry's longest standing Malt Master, David Stewart

Further details of the winners are on the Balvenie web site