EcoSystems Grout Permeable Joint Material For Porphyry
Ecosystems Grout – a permeable joint material for porphyry
Porphyry Rock Star Kevin Avants
Designing, installing, training or consulting on hardscape, Kevin Avants work has been intertwined with Porphyry natural stone for many years
How To Choose A Porphyry Installer
Choosing a porphyry installer
Porphyry And The Sustainable Sites Initiative
In the new proposed rating system for landscaped sites, Porphyry rates high as a wise material to select for increased rankings.
Porphyry And The Color Of The Year 2012
The newest color of the year will wear well with Milestone Imports, Copper Mountain Porphyry. The natural stone paver for driveways and patios.
Placemaking With Porphyry
Porphyry stone pavings place in landscape competitions like Manhattans East River Esplanade is a natural.
Porphyry – Natural Stone Surfacing of Streets
Stone Streets First published in 2000, by the Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland (SCOTS), Natural Stone Surfacing – Good Practice Guide, was responding to the following regarding their city center streets. “The techniques used in installing stone surfaces which perform well, vary throughout Europe. They are based on semi empirical, traditional, guidance borne […]
Porphyry History
Article about porphyry’s historic use, discovery, and use as paving by the Romans
Porphyry Pavers: Aspect Ratio, Plan Ratio, Plan Area, Modular Ratio
The shape of the stone unit determines how the stone surface responds under load and the way in which the load will be resisted. Certain shapes of units are better suited to particular forms of construction. While they all can be appropriate for pedestrian use, driveway and city streets have tighter parameters to pay attention […]
Laying Porphyry Paving "Pose de Paves"
A Porphyry installation video of a beautiful cobblestone pathway is educational. This short (2:21) segment showing two posers (layers) and a helper laying overlapping arcs with 4” (8-10cm) porphyry cubes, demonstrates an effortless seeming process of a traditional setting method that dates back centuries. The stone setting skill of these two is highly refined and […]
