Lowry Stone is a masonry business that is operated by Kris Lowry  (masonry) and partner Phillippa Haynes (store/stone sales). 

        In masonry, Lowry Stone offers many services: natural stone for homes/fireplaces/storefronts (sales/installs), repointing and restoration, chimney rebuilds, flagstone and more. 

            Kris has been self employed in masonry since 2003 and currently has one employee. We have our own towable manlift (Biljax 5533A) that reaches 55\' and use it to work safe, get great production and believe it is a common sense approach to many aerial projects. As of January, 2012 we have over 1,800 square feet of natural stone veneers stone booked for installation as well a large number of smaller projects and are considering hiring a few people.  The best way to contact Kris about looking at work is through this e-mail manliftguy@hotmail.com and pictures are always appreciated.

             Our showroom area has over 500 square feet of natural stone veneers installed in various kinds and colours (825 Lake Range Drive south of Kincardine - by appointment). We are dealers and sub dealers for many stone companies that each have a wide range of natural stone from custom cut veneers (installed), natural stone pavers (a must see) to flagstone/edging... (in stock) and more. There is also a large selection of home, gift and garden decor.

      Our new location will feature a stone fireplace and sales desk as well as many new products. Also offered will be a section of products that will extend the life of your masonry that are \'doityourself\'.  Please stop into our new location in downtown Kincardine this Spring! Phillippa and Kris 

 Phillippa\'s Story................. 

It all began on a cold nite in November 1972, when Kris Lowry was born into this world, a blue eyed, bouncing baby boy, with a trowel in his hand.....

He was a quiet child and could often be found playing in stone piles rather than with other children.   He had a stone collection bigger than his toy collection.   He was usually hard at work building things with his rocks and mud from sunrise to sunset.  

During his school years, Kris was more decidated to the artistic side of life than the academic. It was a concern to everyone that he would not become the doctor or lawyer the family had such high hopes for... little did they know a budding young stone artist was just waiting for the right time to appear.

Kris bounced around the world, testing different things like radio, journalism, carpentry and concrete etc, but never forgetting his childhood love of stones.  

There did come a dark time period however, where those beloved rocks, turned into something mean and unfriendly.....the STONE PICKING times, in his father\'s fields.   Kris began to question his love of stones, as he picked them out of the ground, walking up and down fields and throwing them onto a wagon, not yet realizing those stones had big plans for him.

That dark phase did not last long, for Kris began to look at the piles of stones he had backbreakingly collected and dumped into a heap at the edge of the field, and years later had "a lightbulb moment!", as Oprah would say. People would pay $ for him to use these stones in walls, chimneys, fireplaces etc! Could it get any better? 

      He landed job after job after word of mouth spread like wildfire, which, as he\'s related to half of the county, didn\'t take long.   People were calling from near and far to have him work on their homes. He began in masonry restoration, earning the respect and kudos of those he worked for. 

    After a few years, he finely honed his talents, specializing in new building projects with his beloved childhood stones.   Contractors were happy to have Kris work on their job sites and didn\'t mind waiting for a quality job.

    Kris is called upon to work on new build projects that require natural stone, flagstone walkways and patios, stone retaining walls and fireplaces, as well as repointing of stone and brick houses, chimney rebuilds and more.      

  Kris is now known as "The Artist Formerly Known as Kris", a title fittingly bestowed upon him by a customer in 2007, for his attention to detail and skill.