Stone front: lower-cost manufactured-stone veneers mimic the real deal.

From: Building Products | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

As the popularity of manufactured stone grows, even homeowners who can afford the real thing are taking a second look at this impressive impostor.

Stonemason Jon O'Day says many clients who buy custom houses are dressing the facades with manufactured stone because it offers great looks and durability at a fraction of the cost of real stone.

"People are watching their budgets even on $1-million homes," says O'Day, president of Cotati, Calif.-based O'Day Masonry.

Manufactured-stone veneers can be installed in the same applications as real stone--exterior walls and ...

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