Spring cleaning and fix-up isn’t just for the inside of your home, you know. Accenting the exterior and especially the entrance of your home with natural elements, stonework, lighting, and even water features, makes for a far more inviting space for your future guests arriving to your home. Call RSSY today for landscaping and hardscaping ideas to easily enhance the exterior of your home.

Natural Stone is the material of choice for professional designers, architects, landscapers, masons and builders. Stone conveys beauty, character and solidity. Its variations in color, pattern, and texture provide unique visual impact; and because it comes from the earth, its eco-friendly composition makes stone a natural design choice. Rock and Stone Yard of Northern VA is now offering an extensive selection of natural stone products. Please choose one of our 2 locations to find out how your next project can take advantage of the timeless appeal of natural stone.

Flagstone in Reston, VA, is one of the finest materials available to create enduring patios. Flagstone is a durable and naturally slip-resistant, safer patio surface that lasts for years. Since it allows water to permeate instead of creating damaging runoff, flagstone in Reston, VA, is considered environmentally-beneficial and is highly desirable.

Flagstone patios also have a natural, organic quality in earthy shades of grays, blues, browns and reds. The most common types of flagstone in Reston, VA, used for paving and patios are sandstone, slate and limestone. The closer the quarry, the less you pay for shipping costs. So much of the flagstone in Reston, VA, is quarried in Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania.

Flagstone patio prices also depend on the method of  installation. Mortaring flagstones on a concrete slab is more expensive than dry laying flagstones in Reston, VA, over a graded base of sand and gravel. Here are some additional tips about using flagstone in Reston, VA, from the landscape experts at RSSY:

• Select flagstone by color and look for a wide variety of shapes and sizes
• Curb costs by using flagstone in Reston, VA, in conjunction with alternate paving and landscape materials
• See the wide RSSY selection of fill gravel for joints between flagstone in Reston, VA,
• Include larger slabs of flagstone in Reston, VA, to create a unique walkway
• Ask the RSSY landscape professionals about dressing up mortared joints
• Create patterns with a combination of irregular and cut flagstones for Reston, VA, outdoor patios and walkways with individual style
• Grow grass or ground cover in the joints between flagstones
• Save money by avoiding unnecessary cutting of flagstones in Reston, VA, when you design your outdoor flagstone landscape features
• Create  naturalistic steps visually enhanced for safety
• Creating contrast around your pool with flagstone in Reston, VA
• Construct a permeable flagstone patio that permits rain water to safely re-enter the ground
• Proper drainage design in the surrounding landscape ensures your flagstone patio in Reston, VA, has a smooth, safe, durable surface.

RSSY carries all of your landscape  materials, including an amazing selection of flagstone and natural stone, plus pavers from Belgard and Nicolock. Work with the landscape experts at RSSY and get personalized service and specific landscape recommendations for your projects.

No matter what ideas, needs or questions you have about using flagstone in Reston, VA, in your outdoor landscape design, the flagstone experts at RSSY will be your project advisor every step of the way.

Bluestone in Lorton, VA is an investment in landscape timelessness. Seen throughout country estates, atop age-old city sidewalks, and on many a classic patio, bluestone, routinely confused with slate, is quarried in the New York Catskills, Pennsylvania Poconos, and in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It can still be seen in Brooklyn’s brownstone neighborhoods,  sprinkled throughout the New York City boroughs, winding through the crisp countryside of New England and the Lehigh Valley, and down to the small colonial towns that dot Virginia’s horse country. Bluestone in Lorton, VA is a construction material that also tells history.

Bluestone from the Shenandoah Valley region, a sedimentary rock known as Shenandoah Valley Bluestone, is a limestone formed 450 to 500 million years ago at the bottom of a shallow ocean that covered what is now Rockingham County, Virginia. The darker blue color of Shenandoah Valley Bluestone is concentrated in one of the largest limestone deposits in the world. As bluestone weathers, it changes from a deep blue to a light grey after prolonged exposure to sun and water.

The colonial settlers used it for the foundations and chimneys of their houses. When James Madison University was built, native bluestone was the natural choice to construct campus buildings. The Frazier Quarry in Harrisonburg, Virginia continues to supply JMU with locally quarried bluestone for building and paving projects today.

Bluestone in Lorton, VA, has long been popular for fireplaces and counter tops, graceful walkways and driveways, and elegant patios.  Renewed demand is for a wide variety of applications, some requiring varying sizes and pieces, with some slabs weighing upwards of a ton or more.  This bluestone revival has dovetailed nicely over the past twenty years with the upsurge in authentic historic renovation. If your home is sited in a historic district,  your local planning department or City Council are good sources for a list of  qualified contractors who do bluestone installation and construction work.

At RSSY we have the area’s largest quality selection of bluestone, rock and stone, quarried from Pennsylvania to the Carolinas. Plus, we deliver directly to your location. Whatever color, cut or quantity of stone you need – for any size job.  We’ve worked with native Virginia bluestone and other quarried bluestone in Lorton, VA since 1971, and can assist you in understanding its properties, calculating quantities, and engineering bluestone landscape features that will add elegant beauty and real value to your Lorton property. Call RSSY today – we deliver beyond your expectations.

One of  mankind’s original building materials, natural stone in Lorton, VA still serves an amazing variety of practical uses in construction and landscaping in the modern age.

Rock, Stone and Sand Yard, Inc. has stocked over 50 different varieties of stone veneer products  and natural stone in Lorton, VA for nearly 50 years to meet all of your building and landscaping needs. Flagstone, stacking stone, and field stone for patios and fireplaces, walkways and steps, waterfalls, rock gardens and retaining walls – anything your imagination creates. Our incredible selection includes a variety of natural stone types, cuts, and colors for any landscape project you can envision, including:

• large, decorative stone
• decorative accent stone
• flagstone and field stone
• various wall stone
• natural stone varieties in several different coordinating sizes, such as thick, thin and flats
• garden rounds
• stand ups or irregulars

So, whether you’re searching for  Black Regency Snapped stone, Desert Creek Flats, Greenbriar Tumble or Silver Mist Thick, find natural stone in Lorton, VA at RSSY for whatever your landscape or construction projects require.

With proper planning and design, you can add landscape features such as patios, pathways, pool decks, driveways, retaining walls, curbs, and practical, low-maintenance entrances to your home. Visit RSSY soon to start planning your next landscape improvement project. Our trained, professional staff can assist you with product selection and quantity determinations.

Find the color, cut and quantity of natural stone in Lorton, VA you need – for any size job – at RSSY. We deliver beyond your expectations.