Mausoleum Repair and Mausoleum Restorations

Time and exposure to the elements create exterior mausoleum damage requiring mausoleum crack repair, stain cleaning, and other restoration. Selecting a premier construction team for your mausoleum is important as the knowledge, skills, and use of high-quality materials for construction reduce future mausoleum repairs.

To create a lasting monument, a qualified mausoleum builder uses genuine bronze doors. Some builders use a stainless steel door with a thin copper coating, giving the appearance of bronze without durability. Stained glass windows are coated with Lexan to protect glass from breaking. The strongest material for constructing a mausoleum is granite, making a granite mausoleum the best choice for longevity. Good granite choices are Barre Grey, Mountain Rose, and American Black.

Cheaper mausoleums are built with concrete in place of granite, but concrete is prone to cracking and will require future major mausoleum repairs. Marble interiors may be used, but require an experienced choice of marble and good technique to limit future restorations.

What To Expect During Mausoleum Maintenance

A mausoleum is meant to last forever. Therefore, it is wise to work with a builder who provides a warranty covering maintenance and emergency mausoleum repairs for years to come. This type of warranty is known as a perpetual warranty. Tending to small mausoleum repairs and maintenance needs minimizes costly operations such as mausoleum foundation repair or collapse of the mausoleum.

Expected maintenance includes:

• Monthly maintenance of bronze doors and glass
• An annual inspection of the structure and mortar joints
• Resealing of the building every 45-55 years

Exterior mausoleum repair by a qualified mausoleum restoration company involves:

1.  Washing the mausoleum exterior with an acid designed for stone.
2. Cutting out existing damaged mortar.

Hiring a Company For Mausoleum Repairs

Forever Legacy’s team of expert mausoleum builders and artisans are available for mausoleum repair throughout the U.S.

While Forever Legacy mausoleums are constructed with the highest quality materials (including high-quality mausoleum doors) and come with an Eternal Guarantee, not all mausoleums are built with the same focus on quality, longevity, and maintenance.

The team of craftspeople at Forever Legacy apply their skills to restore existing mausoleums built by other companies that were unable to withstand the effects of climate and time or haven’t been adequately maintained.

If your loved ones chose community mausoleums or public mausoleums as their final resting place, these above-ground burial sites are typically maintained by the cemetery staff. However, Forever Legacy offers mausoleum repair or complete mausoleum restorations for your private family mausoleum located either on private property or within a cemetery.

How to choose a private mausoleum construction company

Please understand that choosing a premier mausoleum construction company that uses the best materials and expert construction techniques will reduce the need for future mausoleum repairs and restorations.

Make sure your private mausoleum construction company uses:

Granite

Not only is granite beautiful, but it is also the strongest material for the construction of indoor mausoleums. Granite comes in various colors and is much less likely to crack than mausoleums made of concrete.

Genuine bronze mausoleum doors

Some builders use stainless steel mausoleum doors with a thin copper coating at the entrance to a burial chamber. This may give the appearance of bronze, but it does not offer the same durability. Make sure the company you hire insists on using genuine bronze mausoleum doors for your project.

Coated stained glass windows

A top-tier mausoleum construction company will coat the stained glass windows with Lexan or another similar product to reduce the likelihood of breakage.

Finally, a company specializing in constructing indoor mausoleums for the entire family should also offer a warranty covering maintenance and emergency mausoleum repairs for years to come. This type of warranty is known as a perpetual warranty.

However, your family members from the previous generation may have chosen to use a company that used lesser materials for the mausoleum construction. As a result, you may have noticed your family mausoleum requires maintenance, repair, or restoration.

Types of Family Mausoleum Repair and Restoration

Tending to minor mausoleum repairs and maintenance needs minimizes costly operations such as mausoleum foundation repair or collapse of the mausoleum. However, many mausoleums become damaged over time due to exposure to the elements, especially if the mausoleum is located in a cold climate.

Mausoleum restoration may include crack repair, stain cleaning, resealing, and other restoration. Selecting a premier construction team for your mausoleum restoration is essential as the knowledge, skills, and use of high-quality materials for restoration reduce the need for future mausoleum repairs.

While Forever Legacy specializes in granite mausoleums that reduce or eliminate the opportunity for many types of mausoleum damage, our team is experienced with the repair and restoration of mausoleums constructed from other materials and with different techniques.

Not only will Forever Legacy remove damaged portions of the mausoleum, but our expert team also recreates, as nearly as possible, the original look of the mausoleum while using the most effective, modern construction techniques.

Private Mausoleum Restoration Evaluation

Each mausoleum repair and restoration project begins with careful observation and evaluation of the mausoleum. The Forever Legacy team identifies both the current interior and exterior problems and creates a course of action to restore the mausoleum and reduce the opportunity for ongoing damage.

Please understand that mausoleum repair and restoration work is often substantial, requiring weeks to months of work by a qualified team of experts. We understand the delicate nature of our work, which is why we approach each restoration and repair project of your garden mausoleum or vestibule style mausoleum with respect.

Steps of Mausoleum Restoration & Repair

Here’s what you can expect when you hire Forever Legacy for your mausoleum restoration (that may include a casket interment burial chamber or cremation urns for cremated remains):

1. Observation and evaluation of the existing mausoleum
2. Plan for restoration or reconstruction
3. Take measurements
4. Order stone
5. Restore interior and exterior mausoleum

The cost to restore a mausoleum depends on the amount and type of damage and the agreed-upon plan for restoration.

Please take a few moments to look through Forever Legacy’s restoration portfolio, which includes before and after photos of some of our mausoleum repair and restoration projects.

Mausoleums By Forever Legacy

If you are beginning the process of considering the pros and cons of traditional burial vs. above-ground burial and public mausoleums (community mausoleums) vs. private mausoleums, consider consulting the team of experts at Forever Legacy.

We will discuss all of your options, such as companion crypts and columbarium niches for cremated remains, which you may be ready to consider as you make end-of-life plans.

 

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