Landscaping with Stone – Common Blunders and Fixes

Landscaping with Stone – Common Blunders and Fixes

Stone is one of the most useful of all landscaping materials. It can be used to create retaining walls, beautiful water features, and much more. The usual mistakes, in fact, are a combination of too much enthusiasm and not understanding the uses of the materials.

Working with stone, basics

Before you spend a single cent on stone, you need to carry out a thorough assessment of exactly what you need, the types of stone you need and consider your structural options. You can spend large amount of money getting things very wrong, if you don’t do these very basic things.

Sourcing your stone

Another common problem is sourcing inferior quality materials. Landscaping stone, particularly structural stone, needs to be of very good quality. It does cost a little more, but believe us when we say that you’ll be saving yourself a lot of time and money by getting the right stone. Inferior quality stone can be a real liability; it may crack, weather badly, and cost you a lot more money simply fixing the problems it causes.

The best types of stone for landscaping

Good quality landscape rock does a lot more than simply stop your landscaper from crying and tearing out his or her hair. It delivers excellent color design options, excellent strength, and beautiful facings for the most demanding landscapes. Granite, in particular, is a favorite for its exceptional strength, versatility and structural roles. Granite can also be cut into angular rock and construction morphologies quite easily.

We found a good example of high quality landscaping stone to show what we mean – The stone is quarried by Ringo Canyon Granite LLC or azlandscapingsupplies.com, a granite quarry near Phoenix, that includes a complete spectrum of sized high quality stone, from boulders to “granite mulch” processed stone, which can be used for an incredible variety of different industrial construction purposes.

If you check out our website here at www.ringocanyongranite.com, you’ll see very high quality stone in its processed forms. That’s the sort of stone you need, already pre-sized and ready to spread. You can contact them online or by phone if you’re interested in sourcing top quality stone on your project.

Looking for Rip Rap or high quality gravel in Arizona?

Looking for Rip Rap or high quality gravel in Arizona?

Most people in the construction industry would agree that sourcing good-quality stone is often about as much fun as going to the dentist, but not as entertaining. There’s nothing quite like talking to an ignoramus trying to sell you low grade, non-compliant stone at ridiculous prices, is there? If you’ve been having trouble sourcing good quality construction stone, we can definitely help you with that.

Hi, we’re Ringo Canyon Granite LLC or azlandscapings.wpengine.com. We provide top of the line construction stone throughout the entire Southeastern Valley, Apache Junction, Florence and surrounding areas and Northwest Tucson. If you’re looking for high quality Rip Rap for your projects, talk to us.

We can also provide the assurance that our stone is of genuine top grade construction quality. Our stone is carefully managed to ensure compliance with construction standards. If you’ve been having “interesting times” trying to source good-quality stone, we’re your local one stop shop. Talk to us about Rip Rap, Track Out, landscaping stone, or any other high quality stone that you need.

We’re also stone specialists. Our quarry near Phoenix produces excellent granite, from full size boulders to highly refined decomposed granite. We’ve worked on many major public and private projects in the state, including the Magma Flood Control project among others.

We can provide scalable quantities of construction stone for all purposes. If you’re looking for top quality bedding, solid stones, or a complete spectrum of construction stone, just ask us. We have the capacity to provide any quantity of stone you need, or for any kind of project. Whether you need Rip Rap in Florence or Track Out rock in Apache Junction, we’re right here whenever you need us to provide any help you need.

For more information about our products and services, visit our website here at www.ringocanyongranite.com. You can contact us online or by phone, and speak to our experts, who speak the “language” of high quality construction stone fluently. We’ll be happy to provide any support, guidance, or technical assistance you need.

Just one more thing, but it’s important – Our prices are better, too.

Talk to Ringo Canyon Granite LLC for all your high quality stone and construction needs

Talk to Ringo Canyon Granite LLC for all your high quality stone and construction needs

Hi, we’re Ringo Canyon Granite LLC or www.ringocanyongranite.com. We provide a large range of rock and stone products for all types of construction. If you’re looking at a new landscaping plan and need top quality landscaping rock, or need to source construction materials for a large construction project, or just want top quality stone for your business, call us.

Our biggest priority is delivering top quality products for our clients. Our locally quarried stone products are processed to the highest standards. All products are strictly compliant with building standards and industry practice for safety and quality.

We provide a full suite of construction stone, landscaping stone, granite mulch, and other products. If you’re trying to find the best price on Rip Rap, Track Out, or solid stone for your project, just contact us and let us assist you.

We can also assist with high volume sourcing for public projects. Our stone has been used in allot of local projects like the Quail Creek Veterans Memorial Project, Grant Road’s major road stabilization project for the city of Tucson, and many other public works projects in Arizona.

For more information, and to see our full range of products, visit our website here at www.ringocanyongranite.com. If you’d like some help with product selection, technical specifications, or would like to enquire about sourcing construction stone for project needs, you can contact us online or by phone.

Trying to source high-quality construction stone in Arizona?

Trying to source high-quality construction stone in Arizona?

If you’re in the construction industry, you certainly do not need to be told that sourcing good quality stone can be a form of masochism. The sheer amount of absolute garbage out there pretending to be construction quality stone on the market is unbelievable.

Fortunately, if you’re in Arizona, you have at least one trick up your sleeve – Us. We’re Ringo Canyon Granite LLC and PhoenixQuarry.com. We produce a vast array of different types of construction stone, including Rip Rap, Track Out, granite mulch, large solid stone, and much more. We’ve provided stone for major projects around the state, including the Magma Flood Control project, Tangerine Basin, and other notable projects.

For us, the name of the game is all about quality standards. Our very high quality granite is strictly managed for quality standards compliance. We’ve been in the business for a long time, and we are well aware of the issues related to inferior quality stone, particularly safety issues and construction standards.

Our granite quarry in Phoenix processes some of the best quality stone, at an unbeatable price.

If you’re looking for top quality stone on any scale, we can help you out. Whether you’re looking for stone for landscaping for your garden, or a highway project, talk to us.

For more information, please visit our website here at www.ringocanyongranite.com. Give us a call, speak to one of our experts about your needs, and expect only the very best service from us. We’ll be happy to assist and provide any technical support and guidance you need.

Looking for top-quality industrial, landscaping and construction stone in Arizona?

Ringo Canyon Granite LLC is situated east of Florence, Arizona. Our company mainly serves the surrounding areas of Northwest Tucson, South-eastern Valley, Florence and Apache Junction. We provide some of the best quality Rip Rap stone of all sizes and also a full selection of decorative boulders and large rocks for landscaping, construction and ornamental purposes.

We also provide a range of high quality rock products which are mainly used in industrial activities, like decomposed granite, and similar materials.

Admittedly, we have a few natural advantages:

  • Our natural local stone is of naturally high quality, with excellent natural angular shear for high-end products like Track Out rock, delivering strong angular surfaces for excellent support and construction work. (It’s not often you see a product which virtually manages its own compliance requirements for building standards.)
  • Our big Arizona boulders are also excellent ornamental design choices. These excellent stones are perfect for landscaping. They combine natural toughness and strong composition with fabulous natural aesthetics and quality even the most demanding stonemason would appreciate.
  • Our granite mulch products are designed to provide the perfect consistency and quality required for high-end industrial products. If you’re looking for precision quality processed stone, talk to us.
  • For more information about our products and services, visit our website here at www.ringocanyongranite.com and browse through the previous projects we’ve supplied and much more. If you’d like to discuss with us your project and what it requires, give us a call and speak directly to one of our experts, or contact us online, and one of our representatives will be in touch with you ASAP.

Tips for landscaping with natural stone in Arizona

If you’re an Arizona native, you may have a natural preference for using local stone for landscaping purposes. The local stone is excellent – Provided you’re using good quality source. There are some real problems with what might politely be described as “pre-loved gravel” and other inferior quality stone.

Desert stone is very tough, but it comes with a few caveats:

  • Big boulders need to be placed first, and systematically. These are major structural features, upon which other features will rest. These are load bearing features and often used as supports for retaining walls and other critical planning elements.
  • Bedding stone needs to be of very high quality, too. Bedding acts as a sort of tensile layout, supporting raised garden beds, steps, and other structural features. This type of landscaping is very like building, and foundation materials are extremely important.
  • There are a wide range of different types of stone available, according to your needs. It’s a good idea to source your stone locally, and speak to the experts about your landscaping design options before making any final decisions.

(If you’re actually using a landscaper rather than doing it yourself, make your preferences clear from the outset, and discuss sourcing your stone as a high-priority issue. If you don’t, you may wind up with several tons of the wrong stone. That’s a very expensive exercise.)

  • Stone used for walls and other landscaping features should also be properly bedded. Bedding is usually a combination of stone, mesh, and sand, depending on your design. It’s easy to get lost in the enthusiasm of planning your fabulous new landscape and overlook the fact that you’re actually buying about twice as much stone as the plan suggests.

We found an excellent local supplier of local stone in Arizona for landscaping. It’s a company called Ringo Canyon Granite LLC or PhoenixQuarry.com, which provides everything from decorative boulders to Rip Rap and Track Out rock for construction purposes. If you check out their website here at www.ringocanyongranite.com, you can contact us online or by phone for more information about our products and services.

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