Larry and all...
The Gravestone Studies folks have on their web site a preservation section
at
_http://www.gravestonestudies.org/preservation.htm_
(
http://www.gravestonestudies.org/preservation.htm)
that supplements the information contained in the previously referenced
video on resetting a stone without a concrete product, which requires a
significant portion of the stone to be buried.
The above preservation FAQs refer to creating a new concrete base
containing a slot larger than the stone, and eventually setting the stone into the
slot using masonry mortar between the stone and the concrete.
It is the rigidity of the concrete that eventually destroys most stones
subjected to the freeze-thaw cycles, in addition to the detrimental chemical
actions of concrete components on the stone itself.
The Gravestone Studies folks have a series of professional presentations
that might be more acceptable to your local graveyard workers, although you
need to tread lightly with the local folks that are likely "sure" they know
how to do the work "properly."
Good luck!
Vince
In a message dated 6/9/2011 9:12:32 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
stephenl(a)indiana.edu writes:
From hat I've read it is ill advised to set tablets in concrete.
I'm
trying to convince someone responsible for a graveyard of that. Can anyone
point me to a website that I can show them?
Larry Stephens
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