Packed to arrive without a scratch

Polished stone is heavy but its faces and edges chip easily. Every memorial leaves our factory protected in layers and crated in timber, ready for road, rail or sea.

Face protection

Polished and lettered faces are covered with foam sheet and plastic film so nothing rubs against the polish.

Edge and corner guards

Corners, carved edges and thin parts such as wings and hearts get extra padding and guards.

Timber crate

Each piece is braced inside a wooden crate built to its size. Export crates use heat-treated timber to ISPM-15.

Strapping and marking

Crates are strapped and marked with the order reference, size, weight and "this side up".

Loading

Crates are loaded and secured on the truck or in the container so they cannot shift in transit.

Strapped timber export crate with heat-treatment stamps and a crate label, packed with headstones in bubble wrap

Low timber export crate on runners, strapped, stamped and labelled for shipping, with another crate behind it

Crates braced and lashed in the container

Timber export crates of wrapped stone stacked three high inside a shipping container, braced with cross timbers and strapped

Two stacks of heat-treated timber crates loaded side by side at the container doors, each strapped and stamped

Container fully loaded with timber crates, with upright and cross timbers bracing the load so it cannot shift

Two strapped timber crates of stone slabs at the container doors, lashed to the container walls with steel cables and turnbuckles