Fabfaux: manufactured stone offers unique looks, including brick styles, at lower costs and lighter weights.(Exterior Products)

From: Building Products | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Soladay, Monica | Copyright information

With lighter weights, lower material costs, and potentially easier applications than the real McCoy, manufactured stone is an increasingly popular choice for building pros.

"You'd be hard-pressed to find a residential development that doesn't have some sort of stone veneer on it some place," says Dave Barrett, president of United Stone Veneer.

Made of a cement mix shaped by molds and colored by chemical pigments, manufactured stone is adhered to surfaces rathe...

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