Cultured Stone

Stone has been used in building since prehistoric times. It is a material that adds character to space, but is also heavy, can be expensive, difficult to install and limited in appearance. Welcome 'Cultured Stone' . This is a product which is engineered to look like stone with added benefits.

Shannon Grizaniuk (Boral Stone Products) and Sean Delaney (New Milford Block & Supply)  presented on the ease and options of using a manufactured stone veneer (MSV). Cultured stone veneer is available as a customized individual product or as part of a modular system. Both offer an attractive, economical  way to add stone to new or renovated construction projects. The benefits of Boral Cultured Stone products to actual stone are:

• faster installation - product is a lighter weight than actual stone and backs are flat as they are cast-fit (produced in molds)
• lower cost
• design options- a wider range of patterns, a wider range of colors as the process creates and hand paints to achieve looks wanted
• color consistency -is improved as natural stone can be less constant depending on where pieces are quarried
• warranty and code adherence - evaluation report is available for every product

Can't get much greener than natural stone, but Boral Cultured Stone is committed to thinking and building green - materials and water used are recycled

            

 *Point of Interest-

 Boral, an Austalian company, purchased US firm Owens Corning's Cultured Stone division in December 2010. In the transition, they are jointly operating the business until 2014.