Here is a job by Sun Building of Portsmouth, VA. The stone used is a mixture of Sutter Mill and Adirondack Robinson Thin Stone. This is a natural stone that is veneered. The product comes with veneered corners to give the full stone look. No footer is needed to use Robinson Thin Stone. This is a great advantage for this product, but not the only advantage. Full stone requires a footer to set the stone on. If a home is being remodeled, and the exterior is in the scope of the plans and your home does not have a ledge on the footer, you can still stone your home with real stone using Robinson. The stone meets the less than 15lbs. per square foot. The stone is applied directly to the home structure by using wire mesh and applying a scratch coat then sticking the stones on the scratch coat. The Robinson product comes in small packs (5 sf) and large boxes (100 sf). The large box has 10 layers of 10 sf per layer. The layers are also blended so one could lay straight from the box, layer by layer. Using full stone, one has to blend, chisel, chip, grind, and all of the above to make each stone fit. These stones require little or no chipping, grinding, ect... to make an outstanding LOOK. This is a great product to bring indoors as well. Imagine a back splash in the kitchen, or underneath a bar, how about in the bath. What a great way to bring the jewels of the earth into our homes.
