Cost Comparison of Cast Stone, Precast
Concrete and Limestone
*The tables below contain mean average prices, taken from a survey we did in
January 2003.
Typical Prices
| Description |
Unit |
Cast Stone |
Precast Concrete |
Limestone |
| 6" window/door molding |
Lin foot |
$18.90 |
$18.70 |
$55.00 |
| 12"dia column |
Lin foot |
$80.00 |
$79.00 |
$385.00 |
| 12"x12" quoins |
EA |
$55.00 |
$54.00 |
$140.00 |
| 6" Base molding |
Lin foot |
$15.00 |
$14.30 |
$44.00 |
| 10" Wallcap |
Lin foot |
$17.00 |
$16.50 |
$56.00 |
| 3 piece baluster system |
Lin foot |
$94.00 |
$90.00 |
$376.00 |
| 24" x 24" x 1-1/2" Paver |
Square foot |
$10.00 |
$8.50 |
$16.50 |
If you purchase precast concrete product and want it to look like real
limestone or sandstone, you probably will have to pay a large up charge for us,
or whoever you purchase it from, to treat the precast with sandblasting, chemicals or acid to try to
simulate limestone.
However, if you purchase cast stone, it comes right out of the mold with a
limestone finish.
We use white cement in all of our colors, the reason for this is, white cement
produces a true brilliant color and does not gray down or "muddy" the colors, as
does less expensive gray cement.
Most manufacturers charge extra for a colored product, then charge extra
again for a white cement precast, then charge again for a simulated
limestone texture, we offer all of this with white cement and 12 standard colors
and natural limestone texture for
no extra cost.
So if you are comparing prices and are not painting the product, ask the
manufacturer:
- Does the price include color
- If it is colored, is the product made with white cement, or less
expensive gray concrete cement.
- Does the price include a natural stone/limestone textured finish or is
a textured finish extra.
Copyright © 2002 Ventura Cast Stone.
PO Box 552, Somis, CA 93066 (805) 386-8185 Fax: (805)
386-3002
|
