| I live in a 200-year-old farmhouse. Like most | | | | the molds you want and decide whether you |
| houses of that age, it's been added onto and | | | | want to fill them with concrete, cement, or |
| renovated more times than you can imagine. | | | | plaster. By adding coloring agents to the wet |
| Somehow, all the different building materials work | | | | mixture you can get deep and subtle colors that |
| together, and it looks great. As I near retirement | | | | will never wear off. Add a polyurethane-type |
| I want a smaller house, but I don't want to lose | | | | finish and your manufactured stones will last a |
| that blended look and ageless feeling of wood, | | | | very long time. |
| stones, tile, and brick. Since I cannot afford the | | | | The truth is that builders use manufactured |
| authentic materials, I am going to use concrete | | | | stones, tile, landscape stone, and pavers even |
| stone molds to create manufactured materials. | | | | with high-end homes and mansions, so it's not just |
| Many people think they could spot a | | | | a matter of saving money. The manufactured |
| manufactured stone or paver a mile away, but | | | | products do the job and look like a million bucks! |
| very few people can. It's quite amazing how the | | | | There's no sense paying more for the natural |
| cast stones have the look and feel of stones that | | | | materials when the man-made ones look at least |
| come right out of the ground. Columns | | | | as good. |
| surrounded by flat cast stones look just like the | | | | Of course, if you are building a McMansion, you |
| dry stonework created by skilled Italian masons. | | | | are probably not going to make the stones |
| When you walk over garden stepping stones | | | | yourself. But here's an idea. If you want to be |
| made from concrete molds, you will never know | | | | able to build yourself a McMansion, think about |
| the difference. | | | | going into the manufactured stone business. The |
| The advantages of cast stone are many. For one, | | | | same online merchants that sell concrete stone |
| real stones are not readily available in some parts | | | | mold kits for individuals also sell them on a larger |
| of the country. Where they are available they are | | | | scale for people who want to go into the |
| often extremely expensive. Transporting the | | | | business. Check out the supply of (and demand |
| heavy stones is another expense. Brick veneers, | | | | for) manufactured stone products in your area to |
| manufactured stone, and concrete tile made from | | | | see if it might be a good business opportunity. |
| concrete stone molds cost a fraction of the real | | | | Lots of ordinary people have built successful |
| stones. | | | | businesses supplying manufactured stone to |
| You can lower the cost of your stonework even | | | | builders and homeowners. |
| more by using do-it-yourself manufactured stone | | | | Whether you do it yourself, have someone do it |
| and decorative concrete kits. Buy kits online and | | | | for you, or do it for someone else, you'll find that |
| you'll save even more. And it's not hard to do. | | | | concrete stone molds and manufactured stone |
| Kits come with complete instructions. You choose | | | | products have a place in any home. |