Coastal Home Life - July/August 2019

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DESIGN & DECOR

Natural Stone:

The Original Building Material THE MOST POPULAR NEW BUILDING MATERIAL MAKES THE MOST SENSE

Building material suppliers and manufacturers of the last 100 years have introduced countless innovations in wood, concrete, block, plastic, metal, aggregate and many other building products and materials for use in indoor and outdoor building solutions. It seems almost yearly there is some new amazing material that outlasts and outperforms and is the newest craze. Most of these products are expensive, contribute greatly to our environmental footprint and in the long run require replacement or repair over time. There is only one building material that outperforms, outlasts and is the most permanent solution in building and construction and that quite simply is the oldest, Stone!

Natural Stone Stone is immensely popular, partly because it has countless applications.

It Ages Beautifully

Low Environmental Impact

Arguably, stone looks better

Stone has many “green� char-

A Low Maintenance Material Stone needs very little

From commercial construction like

with age. Stone retains its natural

acteristics that few materials can

maintenance or upkeep once

buildings and bridges to backyard

beauty and has an extremely long

match. No energy is needed to man-

it is used in building. Even

DIY projects like garden walls and

lifespan and stone can look as stun-

ufacture stone, only for quarrying

decades-old stone can be

pathways, stone has earned its place

ning after a hundred years as the

and processing. Stone contains no

polished and restored with

as a time-tested resource.

day it was installed.

pollutants, releases no chemicals.

minimal cost.

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