Nimmitabel Basalt
Dark, dense, and quiet. Holds a dry stack or a random mortared face with equal authority.
Stone
Types, styles and pointing.
Quality stonework lifts a house and the land around it — and it adds real value. Choose the stone, then the way it is laid.
Wee Jasper Basalt
Warm greys and browns from just west of Canberra. A favourite for walls, flagging and letterboxes.
Surrounding region granite
Cool blue-grey granite with a hard, lasting face — stairs, pillars and dry stack.
Sydney Sandstone
The honey-gold stone of the east coast. Curves, random ashlar, steps and garden walls.
How it is laid
Random pattern, mortared joints
Stones laid in a natural scatter, joints pointed in a colour you choose.
Ashlar — random or book-leaf
Dressed faces, tighter geometry. Formal enough for an entry, still handmade.
Dry stack random
No visible mortar. Interlocking stones, selected one by one.
Pointing
Mortared joints are pointed in a colour you choose, in one of three profiles — each reads differently in Canberra light.
- Raked
- Flush
- Ribbon