Thanks for the great info everyone! I'm glad to see there is some discussion going on here.
Hal3, love your pool. Your blanco stone looks just like our existing limestone. Do you know which stone yard it came from? How is it holding up to salt water and how long have you had this combo? Do you think it's limestone or some other stone?
Maybe others can comment on something I was told at one local stone yard. They said the farther north the sandstone comes from (ie: Oklahoma vs. Arizona vs. Mexico) the harder and more resistant to salt it is. This would lead me to think that Mexican sandstone would be softer since it comes from even farther south? I don't know about this. Has anyone else heard this before? We're still planning to use the Mexican sandstone at this point.
Hal3, love your pool. Your blanco stone looks just like our existing limestone. Do you know which stone yard it came from? How is it holding up to salt water and how long have you had this combo? Do you think it's limestone or some other stone?
Maybe others can comment on something I was told at one local stone yard. They said the farther north the sandstone comes from (ie: Oklahoma vs. Arizona vs. Mexico) the harder and more resistant to salt it is. This would lead me to think that Mexican sandstone would be softer since it comes from even farther south? I don't know about this. Has anyone else heard this before? We're still planning to use the Mexican sandstone at this point.