What is the strongest material for a stone house?

• <div><p>Granite is the strongest commercially available stone houses are built from. It’s also more commonly available, which means transport costs aren’t as high because a granite quarry isn’t too far from a build site. Limestone and sandstone are popular materials as well, but they aren’t as strong or weather-resistant as granite. </p></div>

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Q: Can I reuse a brick after cutting it by hand?

• <div><p>Yes, as long as the cut is clean and the brick remains structurally sound, you can reuse it. Reusing brick is especially common for landscaping, edging, and small masonry repairs. Just make sure to file down any sharp edges before handling or installing it.</p></div>

Q: What is the difference between river rock and landscape rock?

• <div><p>The difference between river rock and landscaping rocks is size, smoothness, and use. River rocks are smooth and flat, as if polished by water, and come in diameters between 1 and 8 inches. Landscape rock can vary in size from small pea gravel installations to car-sized boulders. However, landscaping and river rocks are interchangeable in many situations. River rock is best for pathways, walkways, garden bed mulch, water features, and planting accents, while small landscape rocks can serve as a walkway base, gravel playground areas, and filler between pavers.</p></div>

Q: Do I need to worry about black stains on my bricks?

• <div><p>Yes. Black stains are more than an eyesore. Some black stains can pose health concerns, especially for those with asthma, allergies, or other respiratory conditions. Some stains can also damage the brick&rsquo;s structural integrity, harming the mortar and resulting in more expensive repairs.</p></div>

Q: Is rock salt corrosive?

• <div><p>Rock salt and ice melts contain sodium chloride, aka salt, and are corrosive to metal and concrete. If used frequently over time, it can cause corrosion, discoloration, chipping, and cracking to patios, walkways, and driveways. You can try a rock salt alternative or hire a professional snow removal company instead. </p></div>

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Reviewed in August 2025
put some gravel in your driveway and did a great job.
Jones Lawn Care
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Reviewed in August 2025
Trevor and his team is responsive, respectful, and kind. He is very knowledgeable and easily worked with me to achieve my goals within my budget. He is available by phone and text and responds quickly. Work included: brick/stone repair, building a retaining wall x 2, and mulching the garden. I...
Tumblin Landscapes
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Reviewed in December 2024
Do NOT hire these guys for water problems and/or slab houses! I waited a long time to write this review hoping that doing some smaller things (gutters, sod, mulch, etc) would eventually fix our water issue. It did not. While their work looked nice, it didnâ t fix or even help the problem we...
5 Star Grading, LLC
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Reviewed in July 2022
Andrew Dollar was great. He went above and beyond our expectations. He even cleaned our stepping stones to the front door and the storage building in our backyard. He was even able to get some cooking oil stains on our concrete driveway. We couldn’t ask for anything better!!
Allegiance Power Wash
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Reviewed in November 2016
Great! Bill and his wife, Teresa spent a lot of time with us going over all the options, choices of logs, rock, showing pics of jobs they had done to give us ideas. No middle man with them. Bill actually does the work himself with a helper and his wife works at the office. Price was dramatically...
WESTERN CAROLINA STONE CO INC
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Reviewed in August 2016
Ryan did and continues to do a superb job, providing lawn care every 10 days at a very reasonable price..in the fall he will be removing additional shrubs and designing and constructing a walkway using paver stones.
Peterson Lawncare, Landscape, Irrigation, and Tree
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Reviewed in July 2016
Very easy and a pleasure to deal with. Prompt response to all questions, gave accurate times when crew and concrete would be at site. I laid gravel and compacted, laid vapor barrier so the site was ready when they showed up. Men worked till completed in near 100 degree heat. Slightly higher cost...
Artistic Floor USA Inc
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Reviewed in March 2016
Our septic tank and field is forty years old and had needed frequent pumping. I had the tank pumped in early January by Dr. Flush and requested an estimate for repairing our drain field. Ken showed up on time for our appointment and came up with a drain field remediation plan. He also gave me a...
Dr. Flush
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Reviewed in July 2012
The owner came out for an estimate on building/installing a window seat in breakfast nook, installing tile backsplash in kitchen and fixing some mortar on our outside stone on March 27, 2012. The estimate came in the mail, requiring 50% prepayment. After deciding against doing the tile...
Talent and Tools LLC
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Reviewed in August 2011
I had previously contacted Littlejohn Landscapes to give me a quote on building a retaining wall out of the Keystone cement blocks. His price for doing the entire job was very fair, however after discussing it with my wife and looking at pictures of retaining walls, we decided the look of a...
Littlejohn Landscapes
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