Top reasons to build natural stone facades, walls, pillars and fences
The use of natural stone for facades and walls has benefits unmatched by any other material:
- excellent physical properties – resistance to mechanical stress (compression, bending, impact) is essential for building a façade or wall, particularly when this implies stone stacking
- the stone is not flammable – it does not burn, nor maintain combustion
- stone pieces have a wide range of sizes, shapes, textures and finishes, which results in many options for use
- color variations create the singularity of a cladding project with natural stone, hence its originality
- low aftercare costs – by applying a surface treatment after installation it will ensure an extended lifetime while preserving the initial appearance
- natural stone claddings are always in trends, as an extremely popular choice for many decoration projects
- sustainability – low energy consumption for cladding projects as well as low costs from quarrying to installation, currently qualifies stone as the most sustainable building material
Top benefits of using Rock Face Polygonal Stone for construction
Polygonal stone (slightly processed or unprocessed, including Rock Face chipped stone with irregular shapes, 5 -7 cm thicknesses and a low degree of processing) is both decorative and economical and the best solution for cladding. If modern buildings sometimes favor ceramic tiles cladding partly for convenience reasons, the modern designers have different taste. For combining rustic elements with authenticity and stone durability that seems just quarried, they will choose rough stone.
A comparison between polygonal stone and carved stone reveals obvious technical and aesthetic features. Thus, polygonal stone is always installed over a substrate, while, for certain projects, Rock Face stacks. If polygonal stone requires initial processing for a balanced installation over substrate, while the rough stone is installed with the finish and level of processing from the quarry. The "production" of rough stone means breaking the stone block into boulders, later cut for allowing them to be installed. Some of the facets get to be finished and some do not. The selection of rocks in the quarry is made according to the color and appearance of their surfaces. Minimal processing provides boulders with faces that allow transport in good conditions and subsequent installation (example: making surfaces for corners). The installation of the polygonal stone is achieved with adhesives, while Rock Face can also be installed with adhesive but can also be stacked, without the need for support.
This comparison points out that a façade made with Rock Face stone is economical, and for specific situations expenses are lower compared to polygonal stone installation.
Rock Face Thassos Polygonal Marble
The unique white color of Thassos marble is enough to create a special ambience in any decoration project. With irregular shapes and up to 5 cm thickness, these miniature replicas of Thassos marble blocks seem to be huge crystals that absorb and reflect light as the sunlight falls on their surface. With smooth faces on the interior and rough on the outer faces, Rock Face Thassos conveys a genuine and elegant Mediterranean air into your cladding, and the lack of significant variations of color gives cladding a special significance. Corner pieces need an inner cut to fit the wall. It is installed more often without joints, to take advantage of the compact appearance of cladding. Exterior facades, walls and decorative pillars are projects for which the use of Thassos marble with the typical Rock Face authenticity is recommended.
