RALEIGH - MANUFACTURED STONE - MAKING A CONCRETE CONTRIBUTION IN BUILDING!
Raleigh, North Carolina. Fake Stone Or Real? Most people can’t tell the difference.
NEW CASTING METHODS. New methods of casting have given manufactured stone a natural look that’s hard to tell from the real thing. A mixture of concrete, small stones and color pigments are poured into detailed rubber molds. While the resulting texture and colors look like natural stone they are only surface deep. Cuts need to be hidden along mortar lines to assure a realistic appearance. Concrete stone colors are not just the grey, tan, brown and black of the past. Now there are reds, greens, purples and blues that give a homes’ exterior more life and interest and provide much more latitude in the colors that can be used for wood trim and windows plus matching with the roofing material of choice. If you add to this the difficulty many areas have in finding quality stone masons, the realtive ease of application of manufactured stone, the publics appetite for the for the product and the locations within a home it can be used in as well as outsife you come up with a very winning combination.
PRICE AND WEIGHT. Manufactured stone and brick are about the same price. It is about half the price of natural stone and about half the weight. Because it is lighter in weight it is easier to move around where it is produced and in the locations where it is used. The warranty for the product that is offered by most companies is 50 Years. Since it is concrete it can take any type of weather you can throw at it.
USES for manufactured stone, other than for the exterior of a home, include kitchens, bathrooms, columns, hot tubs and indoor and outdoor fireplacesc. As an exterior siding it is, in fact, the fastest growing of all exterior sidings. The growth rate is quoted by industry sources as fifteen to seventeen percent in each of the last five years.
APPLICATION. Manufactured stone is installed in much the same way tile is. It can be applied over block walls, concrete, plywood, rigid-foam instulation or OSB. If you want the stone exterior look without the natural stone exterior cost you should contact one of your local companies that sell the product and ask them for a list of homes they recently supplied manufactured stone for. Drive around and see them for yourself. I think you will find that they look like the real thing and not like some kind of cheap imitation.
SOURCES. Here are a few of the many companies that produce manufactured stone: Arrowhead Stone Mfg. - www.arrowheadstone.com, Artistic Stone - www.artisticstone.com, Centurion Stone Products - www.centurionstone.com, Coronado Stone - www.coronado.com, Crown Hill Stone - www.crownhill.com, Dufferin Stone - www.dufferinstone.com, Eldorado Stone - www.eldoradostone.com, Environmental StoneWorks - www.estoneworks.com, GAF Materials Corp. - www.gaf.com, Halquist Stone - www.halquiststone.com, Hammer Stone - Www.hammerstone.net, JR Stones - www.pierresjr.com, Mountain Stone Products - www.mtstone.com, Owens Corning - www.culturedstone.com Petra Stone - www.petrastone.com, River Valley Stone - www.rvsproducts.com, Stone Warehouse - www.stonewarehouse.net, Sunset Stone - www.sunsetstone.net, TriLite Stone - www.trilitestone.com
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