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Testing Exterior Stone Cladding: Checking Stone Panels for Thermal Hysteresis (Bowing)

Certain solid marble slabs will permanently warp in response to uneven heating and cooling and a moisture variation in the stone. Using StonePly for your cladding project eliminates this problem. Various StonePly granite, marble, and travertine panels have been tested using the European procedure for testing for stone slab bowing. In the test, the slab […]

Hotel Lobbies in StonePly Stone Panels

A guest has already made a judgment about a hotel’s quality before he or she ever sets foot inside a room, explores the fitness facilities, or takes advantage of thoughtful amenities. The lobby is the area of a hotel interior a guest typically sees first, and it’s where initial impressions are formed. For that reason, […]

StonePly Interior Wall Cladding

Delight Your Clients And Simplify Your Job With StonePly Natural Stone Cladding! Business owners, designers, and other professionals involved in a new construction or renovation project who want natural stone cladding for building interiors look for elegance and authenticity. They also expect natural stone cladding to remain looking beautiful over the long-term, even when it […]

Travertine, Marble, and Granite Cladding and Hurricanes: Problems and Solutions

Hurricanes are a testament to the awesome power of nature. Torrential downpours, massive storm surges, flooding, and wind speeds exceeding 155 miles per hour can all occur during a category 5 storm. Homes, businesses, trees, roads, and even lives can all be destroyed in an instant. StonePly travertine, marble, and granite cladding, however, is likely […]

Hurricane Resistant Stone Cladding Panels: StonePly and Hurricanes

StonePly Natural Stone Panels Stand Up To Another Hurricane With No Damage Well, it happened again. Another StonePly job was hit by a hurricane and…nothing happened. Lots happened all around it, though. Trees were uprooted, roofs were lost or damaged, and a billion dollars in damage was done to the Bahamas and the U.S. coastline. […]

Thermal Hysteresis: Stone Panel Bowing, Causes and Solutions

When natural stone panels are used as cladding for retail stores, high-rise apartments, hotels, and other structures, both contractors and building owners hope that the stone will remain perfectly flat over time. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. When stone panels are installed outside and exposed to the elements, bowing may occur. In stone panel […]

Interior Wall Panels in StonePly

In hospitals, hotels, casinos, government buildings, universities, and other settings, walls serve as the background of the interior design. Walls covered in white or neutral paint colors may not take away from an interior’s overall look, but in many cases they don’t add much either. Natural stone walls are a much more elegant and attention-grabbing […]

Back-lit, Translucent Stone Panels From StonePly

While granite, limestone, and other types of natural stone are completely opaque, onyx, alabaster, and marble are translucent. When back-lighting is used on panels fabricated from these stones, their ability to transmit light gives them a luminous appearance. Illumination also reveals the subtle details of the complex patterning found in these extraordinary stones. Translucent stone […]