| home | about | designPeople can’t help but love the look of stone in their landscape. It seems that over the past couple of years stone had emerged as the landscape material of choice. We are seeing large boulders more and more and an increasing amount of thin stone veneers. As well as natural stone the market has been flooded with ‘fake’ stone or cast concrete. We will discuss further the different type of stone currently popular in the landscape market. Thin stone veneer is stone cut to approximately 1” thick for the purpose of veneering masonry walls[...]
Researching Stone Landscaping
Bart Flegg on January 18, 2010, 1:43 pm
Stone, Landscaping, Rocks, Landscape Design, Etobioke, Contractor, Toronto
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Interlock Base
Interlocking Paver Guidelines
Bart Flegg on January 24, 2010, 8:59 pm
The theory behind interlock has been around for thousands of years, we just haven’t been building beautiful backyards out of it for that long. Interlock is characterized by stones set on an aggregate (gravel) base and jointed with sand. Let’s examine the interlock system starting with the bottom up
Proper base preparation is one of the most important elements to a high quality long lasting installation[...]
Interlock, Pavers, Paving Guidelines, Contractor Quality Control
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Merlin Construction is a full service landscape design and build company in Toronto. Focusing on stone masonry and wood construction the craftsman at Merlin work with an old school work ethic insuring everything is completed to specification.
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