FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Can we visit your factory?
  2. What type of stone material can you supply and work with?
  3. Can you create statues and monuments based on customer’s photos?
  4. Do you manufacture products other than just stone gazebos?
  5. What are your payment terms?
  6. Which shipping companies do you use?
  7. When the gazebo is assembled, how do the pieces fit together without falling appart? Are they just laid on top eachother, or are they somehow fastened (screwed, welded, cemented, bolted) together? If they are just laid on top eachother, it is possible that they collapse?
  8. I have never imported a container and I am worried about the process and involved costs. Can you guide me through it?

Answers

  1. Can we visit your factory?


    You are welcome to visit us any time. We are located in the Dangcheng Sculpture Park, Dangcheng town, Quyang county, Baoding, Hebei, China. Please contact us to schedule a meeting. You should fly into Beijing airport and our people will pick you up from there, take you to the factory and help you arrange accomodation, etc.

  2. What type of stone material can you supply and work with?

    We can get any type and color of marble (hunan white, green, black, rose, etc..), sandstone, granite, limestone, etc. Let us know your wishes and we will check supply availability and price for you.

  3. Can you create statues and monuments based on customer’s photos?

    Yes we can. See the examples below. Those were made based on custom request and only a photo was provided by the buyer. We can easily make the pillar figures holding up the gazebo to be your loved ones, etc.

  4. Do you manufacture products other than just stone gazebos?

    We produce virtually any type and size of stone products ranging from small statues to large monuments, fountains, stone benches, outdoor furniture made of stone, personal statues according to customer’s wishes, fireplaces, roman columns and pillars, animals made of stone, etc. Contact us and let us know your needs. We will get back to you with a quote.

    Some examples:

  5. What are your payment terms?

    The buyer pays 40% deposit to start the production and the remaining 60% when the product is ready to be shipped. We will then deliver the shipment’s BL (Bill of Lading) to you.

    Payment is accepted either by wire transfer (T/T) or Letter of Credit (L/C). You can also pay in person by visiting us and examining the product.

  6. Which shipping companies do you use?

    We ship from Tianjin port and mostly use Cosco, Maersk, HJS and MSC shipping lines. From time to time we also ship by other companies – depending on the destination port and customer’s wishes. Please see more info on the shipping page.

  7. When the gazebo is assembled, how do the pieces fit together without falling appart? Are they just laid on top eachother, or are they somehow fastened (screwed, welded, cemented, bolted) together? If they are just laid on top eachother, it is possible that they collapse?

    The components are connected together by either dry hanging or peg grafting (or both in some cases).

    Dry hanging:                                                                                  Peg grafting:

    All parts are firmly interlocked and fixed together (like in ancient greco-roman times). If there is no man made or natural disaster, the gazebos will stand as long as the materials themselves – which are pretty much timeless. Look at the old Greek and Roman architecture which is still standing after thousands of years.

  8. I have never imported a container and I am worried about the process and involved costs. Can you guide me through it?

    We will provide full support and guidance every step of the way.

    The process is quite simple for the buyer. About 10 days before the shipment arrives, you will be contacted by a shipping agency from your port. They will ask you to send the shipment”s invoice and the bill of lading (both of which will be provided to you by us, upon the ship”s departure from our port). The shipping agency from your port will arrange a bill for all the local expenses, like unloading, transportation, import tax, local shipping agency fees, etc.. You will be required to pay the bill before the shipment is delivered. The shipping agency will arrange transportation of the entire container to where ever you specify, and they will notify you on the date and time of arrival. You will then have to take care of unloading yourself, so hire a crew with a forklift to unload the crates from the container. The container will then be returned to the port and you have your product.

    You can find out the exact local costs ahead of time – simply call your desired port and ask for a list of shipping agents operating in that port (or find the info online). Call a few, of the agents and have each explain the local cots for a container full of carved stone from China.