manor stone house ,The best and most cost effective way to build your new manor/home is with natural stone finish ,stone houses or manor are now more cost efficient to build than ever. stone is a natural material taken from the ground in many forms ,stone comes as limestone/sandstone/granite/fieldstone/liscannor stone /doolin stone grey sandstone /quartz/brown quartz /silver quartz /donegal quartz /tipperary sandstone/roscommon stone /kilkenny limestone /and many more to give your house a finish which you will never have to maintain or paint ,, This is where you save in the long term with using stone as your finish ,,you build it once and its maintainance free for life ,,natural stone is now taken from the ground and mountains all over ireland and is used for cladding the outside finish of houses hotels entrance walls and fireplaces .stone is also been used on motorways all over the world to build sound barriers from traffic on motorways ,The planning authorities really favour natural stone as the finish and exterior of houses /hotels /commercial buildings /and entrance walls .The reason for this is that stone blends in naturally with the country side and is not out of place with its sorroundings and nature ,When you are constructing a house or building with stone it is built 8 inches outside the outer blockwork on your house ,The best way to build stone is to keep the bottom of every stone level .and if your stone is cut well you will also be able to keep the top line of your stone level .the best way that you will keep stone built level is by using a small boat level .also when you are building stone to keep it straight use plumb lines down from highest point of house soffit and put up profiles level out 8 inches from your blockwork , then pull lines from profile to profile or corner to corner , Then when you are building stone you can look down on top of the line and keep your stone surface exactly to this line all the way ,when you have the first line of stone laid along your foundation move your line up along the profiles for your next line of stone ,,If you follow this procedure all the way to the top your house will be as straight built as a pain of glass ,you will not have no humps or bumps or walls off level .also when choosing stone for your house or manor you should consider carefully that the stone you choose is flat on top ,flat on the bottom and a straight face in front of your stone ,, also look out for stone in different lengths and heights as stone cut all the same size does not look so well as a finish ,, try to choose stone in different lengths and heights and your finish will look very well as you will be able to break the joints by over 50 percent , you will have a lovely second to none finish if you follow this theory ,, i wish you the best with your new home and i hope you will get the best finish on your home ,, dominic hodnett ,, director ,celtic stone limited , ireland you can look at some stone finishes i posted here to help you get an idea of stone to choose for your new home
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