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Welcome to our Do it Yourself area. Here you can find helpful
information to help you plan
all your stone and material projects. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to
contact us.
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Coverage
Information
As a general rule of thumb, we suggest that our customers may
expect the following:
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1 ton of 3/8" to 1 1/4" of our Decorative Gravel will yield approximately 100 square
feet at 2" deep.
1 ton of our 1" to 3" of our Decorative Gravel will yield approximately 70 square feet.
1 ton of 3/4" to 1 1/2" thick of our Irregular Flagstone yields approximately 100 - 120
square feet.
1 ton of 1 1/2" to 2 1/4" thick of our Irregular Flagstone yields approximately 70 - 90
square feet.
3" - 5" (Small) of our River Rock covers approximately 60 square feet per ton.
5" - 8" (Medium) of our River Rock covers approximately 35 square feet per ton.
8" - 18" (Large) of our River Rock covers less than approximately 20 square feet
per ton.
A Thin Stack of our Shawnee Mt. Fieldstone (Stack Series) covers approximately
40 - 45 square feet per ton.
A Medium Stack of our Shawnee Mt. Fieldstone (Stack Series) covers approximately
35 - 40 square feet per ton.
A Heavy Stack of our Shawnee Mt. Fieldstone (Stack Series) covers approximately
30 - 35 square feet per ton.
For veneer applications 1 ton of our Thin Veneer should cover approximately 90 to
110 square feet.
For dry-stack applications 1 ton of our Thin Veneer should yield approximately 17
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Glossary
A
glossary of common stone terminology.
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Ashlar:
Bed:
Bluestone:
Bullnose:
Buttering:
Cleavage Plane:
Coping:
Course:
Dressed:
Dry stack:
Face:
Field stone:
Flagstone:
Hearth:
Joint:
Limestone:
Lintel:
Masonry:
Mortar:
Natural Bed:
Natural Cleft:
Quartzitic:
Random Pattern:
Rise:
Rock Face:
Rubble:
Sandstone:
Sill:
Slab:
Slate:
Split face:
Tread: |
Building stone that has been cut or dressed into squared or
rectangular blocks. Also the pattern of laying stone in a linear
manner similar to bricks.
The natural surface of a stone parallel to the way it was formed in
the earth.
A hard sandstone normally gray/green to blue/gray in color that is
quarried in New York and Pennsylvania.
An edge finishing technique that is the convex rounding of a stone
tread or coping.
Placing mortar on the back of a stone with a trowel prior to setting
the stone in place.
The plane or planes along which a stone may likely break or
delaminate.
A flat stone used as a cap on a freestanding wall, usually to protect
the wall from weather. Also used to refer to the stones around the
edge of a pool.
A horizontal range of stones running the length of a wall.
The hand cutting of a stone into a roughly square or rectangular
shape.
The process of stacking stones on upon another without the use of
mortar. Also used to refer to a veneer that has no visible mortar
joint.
The exposed portion of a stone.
Loose stones gathered from the ground as opposed to being quarried
from beneath it.
Thin slabs of stone used for paving patios, walks, driveways, etc.
The floor of a fireplace upon which the fire is laid.
The space between stones, generally filled with mortar. Types of
joints include: flush, cove, rake, bead, grape vine, etc.
A sedimentary rock composed of calcium carbonate. Includes many
varieties.
A stone beam or horizontal piece spanning the top of an opening
(door, window, fireplace, etc.) and supporting the wall above.
Built up construction, usually a combination of materials set in mortar.
A plastic mixture of cement, lime, sand and water used to bond
masonry units.
The setting of a stone on the same plane as it was formed in the
ground.
When stones that are formed in layers are cleaved or separated
along a natural seam (frequently horizontal) the exposed surface is
referred to as a natural cleft surface.
Having a high quartz content.
The result of laying cut flagstone (squares & rectangles) in such a
manner as to have joints no more than three stones in length.
Generally refers to the heights of stones. Also means the vertical
dimension between two successive steps.
An convex edge finish mthat is done with a hammer and chisel to
achieve a rustic appearance.
A product term applied to dimensional stone used for building
purposes, mainly walls and foundations and consisting of irregularly
shaped pieces, partly trimmed or squared, generally with one split
face and selected within a specific size
range (e.g. TN variegated
split rubble 2" - 7" rise).
A sedimentary rock usually consisting of quartz cemented with silica,
iron oxide or calcium carbonate. It is durable and comes in a wide
range of colors and textures.
A flat stone used under windows doors and other masonry openings.
A lengthwise cut of a large quarry block of stone. It can be sawn or
hand split.
A very fine-grained metamorphic rock derived from sedimentary
rock shale. It very smooth and has a tendency to be slippery when
wet. It is not a generic term for any stone laid flat on the ground
(see flagstone).
The face of a stone that is revealed when the weathered surface is
split off.
A flat stone used as the top walking surface of a
step. |
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