Grave Cleaning & Headstone Restoration in Pittsburgh

Removing Mill Soot and Mud in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh cemeteries are steep and dirty. The mills are closed, but the exhaust is still caked onto the headstones in Allegheny and Homewood. We find white marble markers that are completely black from years of exposure.

The hills are the other problem. The ground slides when it gets wet. It drags the monuments down the slope. Families searching for headstone cleaning services near me call us to get the black crust off and to pull sunken markers back up the hill.

Industrial Carbon Crust

Factory smoke settled on these stones for a long time. Rain turned it into a hard shell. It covers the inscription so you can't read it.

Water pressure won't break it. We apply a chemical paste. It softens the crust. We rinse it off, and the stone is white again.

Sliding Foundations

Cemeteries like South Side and Union Dale are built on hills. When the mud gets wet, it moves. Monuments tilt downhill or slide off their bases.

We dig a new, level shelf into the hillside. We pack it with angular gravel that locks together. Then we reset the stone. It needs a flat footing to stop it from sliding again.

Deer Damage

Deer are a problem in the North Side cemeteries. They rub their antlers on the stones and knock over urns. They trample the grass into mud pits around flat markers.

We fix the damage. We reset the toppled vases and repair the torn-up turf. If they chipped the stone with their antlers, we grind the sharp edge down so it doesn't chip further.

Moss in the Hollows

It stays wet in the cemetery hollows. Green algae and moss grow thick on the stones.

Scraping it dry scratches the stone. We spray a biocide that kills the root system. The moss dies and turns brown. Then we wash it away.

Limestone Erosion

Acid rain from the old factory days ruined the soft limestone markers. The surface turns to powder and falls off.

We brush off the loose dust. Then we soak the stone in a hardener. It binds the grain so it stops falling apart.

Service Costs in Pittsburgh

Removing deep soot is hard work. Moving a heavy monument up a muddy hill takes a crew. We look at the site first to see how bad the slide or the stain is before we give you a price.