Pars Travertine

You might have heard about travertine stone when you wanted to buy or rent a house. White Travertine (also known as Pars Travertine) as light cream-colored stone is often used for the building’s facade. White Travertine stone façade happens to be quite popular among architects and home buyers.

Travertine stones are a kind of porous limestone created by the settlement of water sediments. It is used widely in the construction industry as the primary material for floor covering and buildings’ facade. The chemical composition of travertine includes calcium, stalactite and stalagmite. Impurities such as calcium and iron are the cause veins seen in the stone. The less the impurities, the brighter the stone becomes in color.

Disadvantages

The many sorts of the stone make the acquisition of a specific sort in volume difficult and time consuming.

Pars Travertine can begin to break and crumble in extremely cold weather conditions.

Resistance

The resistance and life of Pars Travertine is certainly less than Granite and Marble but still it is a stone that has the required resistance to be used for facade and landscaping.

Pricing

There are a number of factors which affect the pricing of  White Travertine:

• The more uniform and homogenous the color and the pattern, the more valuable the stone will be.
• Less porous stones with smaller pores are considered more valuable. This can be achieved through better polishing.
• travertine is mostly used as the façade and floor covering Therefore it is essential to pay attention to the thickness of the stone you are going to use and it affects the pricing.
• Travertine stones have different grades and sorts with different pricing which you need to consider before purchasing.
• depending on what techniques the stonecutting company utilizes the price will differ.

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