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Cultured Stone® - Installation Costs

By Tim Carter
©1993-2008 Tim Carter
Summary: Achieve a natural stone look at a fraction of the price with Cultured StoneĀ®. Some manufactured stone companies will customize colors as well to suit your special individual tastes. Artificial brick, pavers, cobblestone and wall cap stones are some of the other innovative products to make your project spectacular.

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richard
20 Feb 2008, 23:30
is $20/square foot to do 450 square foot expensive to just do the installation of 18 or 24 inch square one inch thick slate? It seems so to me. Help?
todd
24 Feb 2008, 21:06
$20/ft is pretty high. You should be able to get that done for half that price.
max
25 Feb 2008, 09:38
i would to know how much should i pay for the installation of marble pavers (6"x12"x.5"). i have the pavers at my house is about 3500 sq ft total around a pool deck that has no straight side. thank you for your help
c.t.
27 Feb 2008, 16:09
where i come from cultured stone costs on average 10.00 sq.ft.wire mesh and mortar extra.material and labor average is 26.00 to 40.00 sq. ft.sometimes can do for 20.00-22.00 sq.ft.
AsktheBuilder
01 Mar 2008, 16:17
Max,
You should pay the average of three bids produced by different professionals who are bidding the exact same job.
WACLLC
18 Mar 2008, 22:16
$20.00 sq. ft. is very resonable considering that Owens Corning "Pro-Fit" is 7.50 sq ft for just materials. Then you have felt paper, wire mesh and mortar. Pro-Fit is the easiest to install so the rates go up from there.

The 7.50 to 14.00 figure in the article seem to be bogus....atleast in my area.
james
07 Apr 2008, 22:23
if any of you are in Oklahoma i can help you......
rod
18 Apr 2008, 05:03
I bought some owens corning cultered stone and when I laid it all out on a 9' long table I was lucky to get 6-1/2'to7' with a 1/2 mortar joint.
They say you get 8 lineal feet in a box of corners stacked up on top each other including the joint.
1 box costs 90+ bucks, I feel like I was burned big time here.
Ive been laying quarry stone and fieldstone half my life and thought Id try this out, what a joke!
3/4 full box's, busted up and scratched isn't worth the price if you ask me.
And the good thing for the sellers is, you cant return it. Nice deal, eh?
Bob
24 Jun 2008, 10:51
I was interested in covering my fire place with eldorado cultured stone and my question is how does this brand stone compare with owens corning brand? Also I wanted to use a stacked stone design with no motor seam, I live in the north east and I was worring about the freeze and thaw climate that we have if that will cause me a problem. I plan on doing the facade of my fire place and it will be exposed to snow and ice in the winter months. Do you have any opions or tips about this.

Thank You for your input.

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