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Posted by Pierre Levesque, AIA on May 8, 2006, 6:53 pm
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> Pierre Levesque, AIA wrote:
>>
>> If the stones are laid sideways it's a stone veneer. Stone used in walls
>> relies on the stones acting in compression. Most stone is 2 directional
>> meaning that it can only handle compression in one axis. Some common
>> stone
>> is 4 directional like ignious rock (granite, marble etc) and some
>> sedimentary stone (sandstone) meaning that it can handle compresion in
>> two
>> axis or directions .
>>
>> These look like field stone of some sort which is 2 directional. For
>> fieldstone (like shale or slate) to be used in stone walls, they'd need
>> to
>> be laid flat on top of each other so as to be in compression. If 2
>> direction stone were used in the wrong direction, it would crumble and
>> delaminate from itself in no time. When you see stones like these used
>> in
>> the vertical direction you must can usually safely assume that it's stone
>> veneer.
>
> "..you must can usually safely assume..." Hoo boy, I think I need a
> few to catch up with you and decipher that! ;)
>
> Veneer can be added to a wall, or the veneer can be the outer skin of a
> poured wall. Can't tell without poking a hole or three.
>
> R
>
That's wachu git for skippin' all those Geology 101 classes! LOL!
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