Victorian Vase

The Victorian Urn Planter is crafted from cast stone, superior to cast concrete in look and feel.  Cast stone is a concrete based building material manufactured and molded to simulate natural cut stone.  Nichols Bros.' dry cast products are made from zero slump concrete, using the Vibrant Tamp Method, in a rigid mold, until it is densely compacted.

The raw materials used in the product are Portland cement, Type I, white, multi-sized aggregates of manufactured or natural sand, inorganic iron oxide pigments (when required for coloring), approved admixes (poly-plex and glass fibers), and water.   The nature of this mix gives it a number of advantages for use in garden and architectural applications.  

Two decades of experience have enabled Nichols Bros Stoneworks to improve mix designs and curing methods to give their stone increased strength, weather tolerance and resistance to abrasion.  The mid-size and larger pieces are reinforced with galvanized aircraft cable.  Flat surfaces and rings are reinforced with rebar or non-ferrous pipe.

All the the mix designs meet with the standard specifications of the Cast Stone Institute for architectural cast stone.