Over 27 years in the trade. Hammered stone work that adds value, done with care for how you live around the job. We serve Canberra, Queanbeyan and surrounding ACT.
Stone work, built how you envisioned it
Retaining walls, feature walls, pillars, steps, paths and flagging. And built to sit in the rest of the garden.
Retaining walls in sandstone, basalt and granite
Feature walls and pillars
Steps and stairs to Australian Standards
Stone letterbox feature walls / pillars
Paths and flagging (stone paving)
Repairs to existing stone structures
Dry stack
Dry stack walls use no mortar. Stones are chosen and set so they take their strength from each other. It is slower, more skilled work — and it weathers in a way mortar never will.
Random dry stack pattern — dry stack means no mortared joints
Can be combined with metal or timber fencing
Blockwork when the job needs it
Not every wall is dressed stone. Where the structure calls for it, Long Stride installs Besser block and the Boral Connex system, core-filled with concrete and steel — suitable for retaining and load-bearing walls.
Besser block walling
Boral Connex, core-filled and steel reinforced
Built to the client’s specification
Brickwork repointing service
Canberra brickwork copes with freeze and thaw. Crumbling mortar lets water in, rusts wall ties, and quietly undermines the house. Repointing restores strength and appearance.
Mortars use GIBCO MRF admixture for bond and frost resistance