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Installing in winter – do you do it?

Posted by Nikolay•2 months ago

Client wants installation in January. We're in a cold climate – ground freezes. Do you guys install in winter or do you tell them to wait until spring? Worried about frost heave if we set in frozen ground.

5 Replies

Chris

2 months ago

We don't install when the ground is frozen. We tell them we can do the stone and have it ready but installation has to wait until thaw. Had a client insist once – we said no. They waited.

Anna

2 months ago

Same. We book from April onwards. January–March we say no. Not worth the risk of the base shifting when the ground thaws.

Dave

2 months ago

We've done it a couple of times when the cemetery had heated the ground or when it was a mild winter. But as a rule we say spring. Safer.

Tom

2 months ago

We tell them the stone will be ready in 8 weeks but we schedule install for April or May. They're fine with it when we explain why.

Nikolay

2 months ago

Ok we'll say spring then. Thanks.