Stone and Epoxy Deck

[SherrySt]

When the company I emailed contacted me, they said that they used to sell it to homeowners, but "they made such a mess of it, we discontinued it". It's not very popular around here. I don't know if it's a cost issue or something else. We are actually building a new front porch and curved sidewalk that we want to use it on. The porch itself is going to be slate (under a roof) and we wanted something other than a plain concrete sidewalk. We are also considering E-Z stone, but it's not the same. I am a little discouraged that the materials are not available to the home consumer. I still think they must be, just not under the name I am looking for.

[SherrySt]

South_Texas, I did find that you can purchase a franchise of Sierra Stone for $27,000!!!

[Trish29]

I'm looking for deck ideas myself and want to use pavers with some other type of deck blend. I remember this type of stone deck at the pools I frequented when I was a kid living in Florida. If it's still the same stuff, it's hard on bare feet. Just an FYI

[SherrySt]

Trish, this stuff is very smooth. It looks almost like tiny pepples encased in glass. According to the manufacturer, it is skid resistant.

[South_Texas_Sun]

South_Texas, I did find that you can purchase a franchise of Sierra Stone for $27,000!!!

Lol, Sherry, you just found the "keys to the kingdom". They're selling franchises, not stone walkways!

You ought to find out how they do it and put up a "Sherrystone Terracing" webpage, sell "franchises" then use the money to pay someone to come out and do your patio work.

The reason I'm sitting here giggling about the prospect, is that I've encountered a couple of "contractors" in our area that seem to have done just that. (but not with sierra stone)

Take a look at this webpage:
http://www.hydropoxy.com/

Some of the DIY'er websites are very helpful, then if you can find the right kind of epoxy for your application, some one is bound to know where to get the pebbles. They probably get some granite pebbles and throw them in a cement mixer drum, just to round them off. Edit: Another idea, just find a stream bed and use a screen to sort the pebbles to the size you want?

Btw, Sierra stone looks like it might be located in Canada, hence the lack of local knowledge/use/interest?

[SherrySt]

Sherrystone Terracing - that has a catchy ring to it! lol I think I might just take your advice and pay the money, buy the franchise, sell my own and then pay one of the people who bought from me to install it. Sounds pretty simple, huh?