Manufactured stone
Manufactured stone
Cast concrete moulded and coloured from real stone. Lighter, cheaper and faster than the thing it imitates, with a finite number of moulds — so on a long wall the repeat becomes visible if it is not laid carefully.
Essential cost band
The workhorse option. Does the job, lasts, and is what most of a yard is made of.
Colour families
- Buff
- Grey
- Charcoal
Families, not products. The exact colour gets chosen off a physical sample against your house.
What is true of this material
- Material
- Pigmented cast concrete, not stone
- Weight
- Light enough for framed walls without extra support
- Watch
- A limited mould set repeats — ask how the installer breaks the pattern
Ask whoever bids this
“How many different moulds are in this blend, and how is the repeat being broken up?”
Attributes
- TypeManufactured stone
- PatternStacked ledgerFieldstoneCut ashlar
- Colour familyWarm buff / tanGreyCharcoal / black
- Cost bandEssential $
- Where it goesFireplacesKitchen islandsColumns & pilastersSeat walls
- StyleTraditionalRusticModern