Decorative Stone Solutions combines years of industry experience with a product offering that is second to none, to create a single source stone supplier to the landscape professional. Our specialties include but are not limited to decorative; decomposed granites, crushed rock, round rock, cobbles, rubble, and boulders. We ship most of our product direct from our extensive network of quarries to your jobsite allowing us to escape the geographic limitations of retail yard and enabling us to service the entire Western United States. Combine our practice of handling material only once along with other efficient business practices we keep operating costs minimal and are able to transfer substantial savings to the end user. Decorative Stone Solutions’ function is to pair the most appropriate stone with the project’s requirements. This means working closely with both the design team and installation contractor to ensure the design intent is followed and the project is delivered within budget. So regardless of the location of your next project allow our team of experts to demonstrate what a valuable resource Decorative Stone Solutions can be to your organization.
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Decorative landscape rock is generally sorted/screened to size by 3 methods. 1) Static “Grizzly” Screen Static screens are commonly referred to as Grizzlies and are the most basic and simple of all screens used to sort rock sizes. This type of screen is often used to prescreen out the larger rock before sending material into a crusher or screening plant (which could be damaged by large pieces). Grizzlies are made of parallel bars running at an angle from front to back. The bars are set at an equal distance apart. This allows material smaller than the set distance to fall through to the belly of the screen and larger material to slide off the front.
Decomposed Granite or simply DG is an excellent decorative inorganic landscaping surface material. It can be used simply for ground cover areas, pathways and trails, filler for hardscape joints, and even driveway material. For the purpose of this article we are going to focus on the use of DG for ground cover applications. We have seen a recent explosion in the number of installations and search engine inquiries for decomposed granite. Many of the installations we see are wonderful and are holding up well after years of use. Unfortunately we are also seeing DG being used where it shouldn’t be and results in a failed installation where no one is happy with the outcome. Decorative Stone Solutions feels now is the time to let everyone know that DG is not the perfect product for every application and there are some basic truths regarding the Do’s and Don’ts of DG installs.
