How to Choose Cobblestones for Driveways, Paths and Borders
Ideal way of choosing a cobblestone is based on where it is going to be installed and how that space will be utilised. A driveway that has vehicle movement in or and out several times during a day requires a different cobblestone in comparison to a garden path, an edge of a lawn, a side […]
Raven Black or Grey Granite for a Driveway?
When a driveway customer has already settled on Granite, the next question often comes to colour: dark or grey. Raven Black sits on one side of that choice. Ash Grey, Silver grey and Sesame Grey are the directions customers most often land on when they move away from it. The decision is about appearance, current […]
What to Know Before Choosing Galala Light Limestone Outdoors
Galala Light is an Egyptian Limestone, and the material Stone Planet currently supplies for outdoor paving and pool areas has a Sandblasted finish with a Tumbled edge. Its colour is best described as creamish white rather than pure white. It is also known as Galala Beige Limestone. That distinction matters because one of the most […]
What to Decide Before Ordering Natural Stone for an Outdoor Project
Many natural stone enquiries begin with a quantity: “I need 50 square metres.” “I need 100 square metres.” That is a reasonable place to start, but it is rarely enough information to place the final order. The same project may also need pool coping, steps, treads and risers, cobblestones, Crazy Paving, wall cladding or another […]
Stacked Stone Panels vs Loose Stone Walling: What’s the Difference?
Stacked Stone panels and loose stone walling are both genuine natural stone. The difference is how the stone arrives and how it goes onto the wall. Stone Planet’s Stacked Stone is supplied as panels, with natural stone pieces assembled onto a mesh backing, so the installer handles a panel at a time. Loose walling arrives […]
What Should You Check Before Choosing Natural Stone Wall Cladding?
Choosing natural stone wall cladding involves more than picking a stone you like the look of. Before the order goes in, you want to know the colour, the walling format, where the cladding is going, the wall area in square metres, the linear metres involved in corners, whether the finished look is tightly butted or […]
How to Create Indoor-Outdoor Continuity with Natural Stone
An indoor outdoor natural stone project does not require the indoor and outdoor face surfaces to be identical. The goal is to coordinate the visual relationship while each area uses a product, finish and specification appropriate to its usage. This is extremely important in comparison to getting the colour tone as per your requirement. A […]
Engineered Stone Ban in Australia: What Natural Stone Buyers Should Know
Australia banned a defined category of engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs. It did not ban natural stone, instead gave it a boost. That distinction matters, but natural stone is not automatically silica-free as well. Being natural does not remove the need to control respirable crystalline silica when silica containing stone is mechanically processed. Stone […]
Himalayan White vs Australian Sandstone: Which Should You Choose?
Ask around about Himalayan White and Australian Sandstone and the conversation turns into imported stone against local stone within about a minute. These two materials sit in different colour territory and in Stone Planet’s current supply experience they sit a long way apart on price. Our Natural White Sandstone comes from India. Parts of the […]
Galala vs Sinai Pearl Limestone – What’s the Difference?
If you have already narrowed your Limestone choice to Galala Light and Sinai Pearl, the only difference is how they look. Galala Light is generally the lighter and more visually restrained of the two Egyptian selections. Sinai Pearl sits in a warmer, sandier direction and usually shows more fossils, shell markings, veining, cloudy areas and […]