Sandstone has been widely used for raising walls since ages. Sandstone has been used for over centuries for making castles, forts, temples etc. The decades and centuries old walls of the forts and great monuments of India like Fatehpur Sikri, and Red Fort that still stand unshaken were also made of sandstone.

One of the basic and important use of sandstone is to raising walls. Now a days it is widely used to make the sandstone walls which gives a classic as well as attract look. Sandstone is being used to cover the entire buildings, walls on homes, garden walls, foundations walls and entrances, it can be used internally or externally.


Popularity of sandstone for making walls
The essential inherent properties of sandstone make it ideal for the purpose of making walls. These are

• Sandstone is fine grained.
• Sandstone is rough & tough.
• Sandstone is compact and quite hard.
• It has good compressive strength and low absorption property as well.
• It is fireproof and non-slippery.

All these properties make sandstone just suitable to make walls. The sandstone bricks, blocks and slabs are used in making the walls of sandstone. Making the walls of sandstone lends a antique look.
As a matter of fact, the fireproof, non-slip sandstone, is mostly used for wall shield not only because of its strength but because of its decorative look as well. The sandstone wall is mostly made of blocks or the slabs of sandstone. Sometimes, the sandstone bricks are also used for making the wall of sandstone which gives a unique and antique look. Really, sandstone walls are expressions of artistic dexterity of the skilled craftsmen.

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