Cultured or Cast Stone Tile

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Author Message Bruce Maine Senior Member Username: btmaine Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 - 09:15 am:    I've had no success finding a domestic manufacturer of "cast" or "cultured" stone tile. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Bruce Maine CDT LEED AP Jeffrey Wilson CSI CCS Senior Member Username: wilsonconsulting Post Number: 62 Registered: 03-2006 Posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 - 09:39 am:    www.Sadlerstone.com ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 185 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 - 10:38 am:    Nothing from any of these - http://www.4specs.com/s/04/04-7300.html? Have you checked with these folks - http://www.masonryveneer.org/memberlist.html? How about Custom Building Products? They have an excellent veneer mortar system - http://www.customtvis.com/. I'd imagine that they may have some good resources. Let me know if you need a contact with them. John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1372 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 05:30 pm:    Are you thinking of the type of product that has stone/marble dust or chips in an epoxy binder? Bruce Maine Senior Member Username: btmaine Post Number: 7 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 10:05 am:    John, our spec reads "Minimum 90 percent natural marble cast in resin binder." Bruce Maine CDT LEED AP ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 186 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 01:18 pm:    Bruce this sounds more like a terrazzo tile than a cast stone product John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1374 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 11:09 am:    Yes, it could be terrazzo tile. I also recollect products made by casting a large block of material, and using stone fabricating equipment to saw it up and polish it like stone tile would be. Unfortunately, I don't remember the manufacturers who do this -- it seemed that there were a number of them. Maybe distributors of natural stone tile could offer guidance. J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 11:52 am:    If it is terrazzo tile, I would recommend that you contact Wausau tile. Although a lot of terrazzo contractors will do precast terrrazzo (casting individual pieces using either resinous expoxy or cementitous mixes), Wausau manufacturers their stuff using special mixes and will most likely have much better quality control. Bruce Maine Senior Member Username: btmaine Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 04:48 pm:    Thanks for all the responses on cast or cultured stone. As soon as I was about to take off for the day I stubled upon the Cast Stone Institute. Where would we be without Google? http://www.caststone.org/default.htm Bruce Maine CDT LEED AP Ronald J. Ray, RA, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: rjray Post Number: 94 Registered: 04-2004 Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 12:28 pm:    Bruce, The Cast Stone Institute is listed in 4Specs.com under Division 4 “Related Associations” http://www.4specs.com/s/04.html I am not sure those in the architectural field need google at all since we have 4specs.com John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1377 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 11:06 am:    I don't think the Cast Stone Institute's product type would include tile. The binder in Cast Stone is portland cement, which would be unsuitable in tile form because it would not have sufficient tensile strength. Binder for a tile must be resinous, like epoxy, acrylic, or polyester - I'm not sure which manufacturers would use.