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Sourcing natural stone for new build

rodge123 · 2015-04-20 19:13:28

Hi All We are building a new home next July/August and a small one storey block of the house will have a natural stone outer leaf; the larger 1.5 storey block will have a white sand and cememt render. We plan to use the same stone internally for a feature wall up the stairs and in the kitchen. We have an idea of style and…

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Hi All

We are building a new home next July/August and a small one storey block of the house will have a natural stone outer leaf; the larger 1.5 storey block will have a white sand and cememt render.

We plan to use the same stone internally for a feature wall up the stairs and in the kitchen.

We have an idea of style and color we like but cannot seem to find it anywhere online.

Any advice on how to source it? Ideally within Ireland as I assume it would be expensive to import.

Here is idea of what we like:

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So it seems that White/Cream Sandstone is the closest we can get in Ireland.
Combined with light pointing should give the desired look.

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