Whether to use natural stone or not has always been a question of debate amongst architects and builders

1. Benefits of using Natural Stone for Constructing Buildings
Whether to use natural stone or not has always been a question of debate amongst architects and
builders. Following are some of the good arguments in favor of using natural stone:
1. Ecological in nature
Natural stone, as a material used for constructing buildings, is originated by nature in an almost refined
form. Hence, no energy or power is required for its real production. Power is only put to use for further
extraction of building stone from an open surface quarry and processing it further, but certainly this
usage is relatively very less when compared with other building materials. One more benefit with
natural stone is that no amount of stone gets lost in the entire procedure of natural stone quarrying and
processing.
2. Environmental friendly
Being a natural material used for constructing buildings, natural stone holds no toxic substances that are
injurious to human health and can be put to use in food areas blindly. It also does not require any
supplementary chemicals to be used as safety coatings prior to put to use as a building material.
3. Available in wide range
Natural stone is available in many different shades and structures. Moreover, the various surface
finishing processes create this variedness almost infinite. As a result, natural stone offers the widest
range of options that let it to correspond with any kind of exterior or ambiance. They are often
preferred for their superior optical and technical attributes.
4. Long lasting life
Natural stones are like wine, the older the better! On the contrary, with the passage of time numerous
of other building materials start appearing ugly but natural stones retain a natural coating, which is not
disadvantageous from the point of view of the natural stones actual beauty.
These stones simply attain their entire beauty and grace when used over years. There is also no cost
incurred for cleaning natural stones and its cleaning process is very simple too.
5. 3-D Effect
Any desired shape of stone can be produced as well as slab sizes. The three dimensional quality that
many natural stones own is able to provide an attractive light and shade effects and create an aesthetic
environment.
6. Reasonably priced

2. Researches reveal that the calculated total costs of natural stone building material over a utilitarian life
span of more than 30 years is certainly less than the artificial building materials that people uses for
saving momentary expenses. Thus, relatively high investment costs are set off by the meager long-term
repair and maintenance cost and durability. Moreover, the cost incurred on cleaning and maintenance
of natural stone is also relatively low.
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