ICF and stone outer - real stone or slips?

[BotusBuild]

Hi,

Hopefully a simple poll ....

I need to choose whether to use stone slips on the outside of an ICF build (likely Nudura) or have a cavity and then a full stone wall. I will be doing this work myself.

 

So which to choose - stone slips or full stone?

[Temp]

What does Building Control say? I've heard some press for a cavity but slips seem to work fine in other countries.

[BotusBuild]

Haven't asked them. It came up in a discussion with the SE this morning. The question is more of a poll to see what other buildhubbers would choose given the choice.

[Russell griffiths]

Not the whole house but I’m having a stone front elevation. 

My choice at the moment is being led by material availability. 

I live in an area with loads of local quarries so ideally I would use a local stone. 

However I don’t like the look of it and it looks to old lady cottage, when we are looking for sharp new world. 

So I think I’m going slips, even though it is not the logical answer, so I think your choice is down to what the finished product needs to look like. 

[BotusBuild]

2 minutes ago, Russell griffiths said:

it looks to old lady cottage

Not wanting that either Russell ?

[ToughButterCup]

26 minutes ago, Russell griffiths said:

.... it and it looks too old lady cottage, ....

 

I'm really tempted,  sorely tempted but my better nature prevailed. Just. ?

[scottishjohn]

I cannot see a problem in using real stone at any thickness  if you build it up and totally fill with mortar to the ICF.

don,t see any need for cavity providing you don,t leave holes in it for water to gather in-then freeze and expand .

just thick brick slips  if you like 

I am seriously considering cropping my lovely grey creetown granite into 100mm thick  bits(approx 300mm to start with)  and doing just that  

so it looks like it is made rom granite

If it will crop thinner .all the better 

I would have been tempted to use the thick bits as they are --but i couldn,t work with them at that weight 

 

[Russell griffiths]

32 minutes ago, AnonymousBosch said:

 

I'm really tempted,  sorely tempted but my better nature prevailed. Just. ?

Bring it on bucko