How to Install DIY Stone Panels (Go-Stone) the Easy Way
DIY home improvement projects can be challenging, rewarding, and if you can do relatively simple makeovers easily and quickly, they can be a lot of fun too.
The Advantages of Using Go-Stone Panels for Your Home
Faux stone paneling has been gaining popularity for years as a great alternative to natural stone.
Choosing the Best Custom Stone Veneer Style for Your Home
Stone is a beautifully natural finish for the inside and outside of any home, but it can be very expensive and it requires specialist skills to lay – even though it is one of the oldest building materials used by man. But the good news is that modern technology has made stone much more accessible in the form of new-age “stone” veneer. It looks real, feels real, is lighter than the real thing, and it’s both cheaper and easier to install.
Building a Bar from Scratch and Finishing With DIY Go-Stone Panels
A home bar is a great place for entertaining. You can plan it so that it becomes the hub of your home, or so that it can be used as a hideaway where the guys (or girls) can escape out of sight and sound.
Inspecting Your Home and Manufactured Stone Veneer for Moisture Damage
If the manufactured stone veneer in your home was installed correctly, it’s unlikely that you will find moisture damage, even in the wettest winter. However if precast simulated stone is not installed properly, and flashing is inadequate, water can quickly cause extensive structural damage.
Using Custom Stone Veneer vs. Natural Stone for Your Project
Natural stone creates an amazing effect in homes and gardens, for walls and for feature structures including fireplaces, outdoor kitchens, water features and planters. But there’s a certain irony about this statement because you can create exactly the same effect using a custom stone veneer, and you’ll find it’s generally easier, cheaper, and much more manageable to maintain.
How to Get the Most ROI from Your Home Remodel (Infographic)
When making the decision to remodel your home, or certain rooms in your home, you’re often concerned with the most appeal for the best cost. This infographic covers some of the best ways to get the best return on investment for your renovation from kitchens, to home exteriors. The 2015 Cost VS. Value report lists manufactured stone veneer as one of the number one ways to renovate your home and increase the value. When you replace some, or all of your exterior siding with custom stone veneer you could be looking at a 92% ROI!
A Complete Guide to Caring for Your Interior and Exterior Manufactured Stone Veneers
Manufactured stone and products like Go-Stone are rapidly growing in popularity , especially with DIY’ers. Manufactured stone is extremely easy to work with, and it looks indistinguishable from natural stone. It is sometimes called cast stone because it’s fabricated using casts made from natural stone and concrete. It is often used for architectural features like:
Learn More about Native Custom Stone’s New Go-Brick® Brick Veneer
Brick has been a building material for years and years. It has been used for everything from castles in the middle ages to trendy nightclubs in the millennium. Today brick is considered a high end building material so it tends to give a project an air of sophistication and permanence.
Cut Building Costs with Manufactured Stone Veneers
In most projects manufactured stone veneers can take the place of natural stone without anyone ever knowing the difference. If you need the weight and the strength of natural stone in your project then there can be no substitute but there are not a lot of medieval castles under construction anymore. If you are building a fireplace, wet bar, backsplash or any of the numerous other home improvement projects that benefit from a real stone look, then a manufactured stone veneer is the better choice.