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If you chat to anyone who’s knowledgeable about stone cladding, they’re likely to tell you one thing over anything else: it’s the bee’s knees. Really, a bunch 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 pile of rocks stacked on top of each other, most constructions that use stone cladding look very aesthetically pleasing, not to mention reliable and extremely easy to build. Examples of stacked stone constructions are 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 use stacked stone instead of the usual sandstone walling. The architect chose Craft Stone European Castle Stone Golden Sand as the alternative.

What resulted from 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 if they ever come across it.

But of course, usage is not limited to outdoor portions of a house. Indoor use is also popular, and when it comes to cases like these, its benefits can be experienced in all manner of ways, whether it ends up in the kitchen or in the living room.

A stacked stone fireplace is an architectural marvel, where a timber frame clad with fibre cement sheet can be used to construct a stone gas log fireplace. 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 usually just takes a day to construct which brings to light the incredible cost and labor saving incentives that this could potentially bring to the table. It’s obvious - less construction time means less labour costs, and fewer expenses in general.

With clear benefits such as those mentioned above, it’s no wonder the stone cladding method is becoming more and more popular. Add the fact that resulting designs can compliment just about anything, and suddenly it’s not so hard to see 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.