Guides
Straight answers to the questions stone buyers ask before an order: how much to buy, which stone, and how it gets from Denizli to your yard.
How many ledger panels do you need?
Ordering ledger stone is arithmetic, and the arithmetic is simpler than most price lists make it look. Everything comes down to the face area of one panel, the area of the wall, and an allowance for cutting.
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Travertine, marble or quartzite ledger panels?
All three are sold as natural ledger stone, often side by side in the same catalogue, and they are not the same material. The difference shows in the colour range, in how the surface splits, and in how much sealing the wall will want.
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Split face mosaic or ledger panel: what is the difference?
The two names are used as if they meant the same thing, and in a price list they often sit on the same line. They describe different things: split face is how the stone's surface is made, and a ledger panel is one way of putting split face stone on a wall.
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Importing natural stone from Turkey: a buyer's checklist
Turkey is one of the largest natural stone exporters in the world, and Denizli is at the centre of its travertine trade. Buying direct from a producer there is straightforward once you know what to ask for. This is the order things happen in.
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Shipping natural stone from Turkey to the USA
Most of the stacked stone sold in the United States crosses an ocean first. A container from Denizli is a routine shipment, but the US side has rules of its own, and a first-time importer is best off knowing them before the stone is loaded. This is what happens between our yard and yours.
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Stacked stone fireplace: choosing and installing ledger panels
A fireplace is where most people first see stacked stone, and it is the wall ledger panels suit best: one surface, seen from across the room, with a frame already built into it. Here is how to plan one so that it looks built rather than applied.
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