Sandstone is used as a building stone, architectural aggregate, track & trail pathways, ornamental landscape stone, decorative riprap stone, and a source of economically valuable minerals.
1. Sandstone Wall : - Sandstone is also widely used in raising walls. Sandstone is found ideal for this purpose since it is fine-grained, compact, quite hard, has good compressive strength and low absorption property. Sandstone has been used for over hundreds and thousands of years for this very reason. The years old walls of the forts and great monuments of India like Fatehpur Sikri, and Red Fort that still stand unshaken were also made of sandstone. The fireproof, non-slip sandstone, is mostly used for wall cladding not only because of its strength
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Above: House with sandstone bricks Left: Mosaic like Effect with Sandstone bricks on Walls Below left: Different wall textures Below: House made of Sandstoe bricks Right: Inside flooring in the house Below right: Stairs with Sandstone