Why you should turn to stone cladding when building your dream home
If you talk to anyone who’s familiar with stone cladding, they’re likely to tell you one thing over anything else: it’s the bee’s knees. Really, a stack of rocks and stone never looked so good. If you’re looking at building your own dream home, you’ll want to consider including stone cladding in the final design of your house.
Far from appearing like your typical collection of rocks stacked on top of each other, the majority of constructions that use stone cladding are very aesthetically pleasing, not to mention dependable and extremely easy to build. Examples of stacked stone constructions exist far and wide and can be found in a range of places. Take for example a certain country retreat in the Daylesford Hills in Victoria, where they opted to go for it instead of the usual sandstone walling. The architect chose Craft Stone European Castle Stone Golden Sand as the alternative.
The result of this was a much more pleasant design and they avoided additional footings, by using timber frame & fibre cement as a substrate. This was used in an outdoor portion – a rock wall if you will – so it’s something that will often catch the attention of passersby .
But of course, usage is not limited to outdoor sections of a house. Indoor use is also permitted, and when it comes to cases like these, its benefits can be experienced in a number of ways of ways, whether it ends up in the kitchen or in the rumpus room.
A stacked stone fireplace is an architectural marvel, where a timber frame clad with fibre cement sheet can be used to make. A 12mm Standard mortar joint can be used to fit the Craft Stone Stacked Ledgestone Merlot for the construction. The best part is the whole thing can take one day to construct which brings to light the incredible cost and labor saving incentives . Face it – less construction time means less construction worker costs, and fewer expenses in general.
With clear benefits like those mentioned above, it’s no wonder that this method is becoming more and more popular. Add the fact that resulting designs can compliment just about any design, and suddenly it’s not to understand why people say it’s the perfect design feature. Stone cladding is what dream homes are made of!
For more information about stone cladding, stacked stone and rock wall building options, please contact Craftstone Australia.