The tuff stone is constituted nearly completely from products of a vulcanic activity that has prolonged in following phases for over a million years. it possesses in fact building qualities in how much is tender during the extraction, while to the air it hardens conferring a good isolation of environments. Tuffs are relatively light in weight. They can be worked very easily, sawn or carved into all kinds of shapes.
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| Heating the houses in cold climates requires large quantities of heat energy to be spent. The cost of coating tuff stone panels for facing buildings will be paid back in four years by savings in heat energy.
This unique stone, which has a long history of use as a building stone, is currently also being used to fabricate many products such as custom stone benches, tables, carved water features, carved bird baths and other unique uses.
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