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Straightening and Lifting
Anything from lifting monuments from sunken sites, to straightening and reassembling historical monuments, MVM has the knowledge of over 30 years of cemetery maintainence, equipment, and skills to care for your families monuments well after being placed in the cemetery.
Lifting, cleaning, tree removal, site prep, and placement of monument.
This monument sunk into the ground after 13 inches of rain fell in a few hours.
The soil and clay was removed so the lifting slings could be placed under the monument to safely lift it from its location.
Once the site was prepared the monument was cleaned and replaced to its original location.
The site will be dressed with topsoil and seeded to grass.
Restored to it's original location!
Restoration of a Historical Monuments
This elegant monument was toppled over in the Didsbury cemetery. It is interesting that it fell to the north even though it was leaning to the east. (As seen in the next photo)
Once the snow melted, we came to restore it to its original place. Removing some soil it was discovered the foundation was longer and wider than anticipated.
Once the soil was removed from around the foundation it was also discovered that the foundation was over 12" (30.5cm) deep of concrete. It looked like a hole was dug and the concrete was poured in place with several large field stones as fillers.
With several 5 gallon (20 liters) pails of crushed gravel in place the foundation and the three bases were leveled. The top of the base and bottom of the upright were cleaned of the original mortar. The base and upright were then drilled to facilitate the placing of rebar and adhesive to pin the upright to the base. The upright tablet (about 486 pounds - 221 kgs) was then lifted into place.
Before replacing the crown, the top of the upright and bottom of the crown were prepared. Before placing the crown on the top of the upright, the broken top of the crown was rounded and smoothed. (the top of the crown was missing.)
With the crown in place, the monument was cleaned, the soil replaced and packed around the foundation to reveal this elegant seven foot (214+ cm) high marble monument. It weights about 3,737+ ponds (1,699+ kgs) (The dark marking on the lower base is moisture absorbed from it sitting in the wet soil.)
