Do you follow trends in design, building, clothes and so forth? You probably realize that the motive force behind these changing trends is to pry hard-earned money from your wallet or savings account. Are you old enough to remember when pink and gray ceramic tile was the rage? How about polka-dot patterned shirts with wide collars and bell-bottom jeans? I know, I’m dating myself! But what about a trend that started out within the past decade and appears to still be gaining in popularity? I’m talking about mortarless stone veneer. You may think this is a new technology, but it’s not. Not by a long shot. The Egyptians used mortarless masonry on a huge scale in Giza, home of the great pyramids and bedsheets. The giant pyramids had a smooth veneer of giant slabs of stone fitted with absolutely no mortar. The Peruvian Indians did the same thing thousands of …
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