The stone fireplace surround is tremendously popular with many home builders and home owners. It's cost effective, comes in various sizes, colors, styles and many trades people find it much easier to work with when compared to real stones or rocks. With the increased popularity of the stone fireplace surround comes an increased choice of manufactures and suppliers, providing the consumer a wider selection of products to choose from to fit their budget and meet their design requirements. 

Cultured Stone and Coronado are two of the leading manufactures of stone, rock and brick used on fireplaces; they are also used extensively on the exterior of a home. With the advancements in manufactured stone molds, design and the coloring process, it is very difficult to differentiate between the fake stone fireplace surround and those designed with real stones. Extremely durable and available in many designs and themes manufactured stones are a great addition to any home either inside or outside and they are sure to add to the marketability and value of your home.

Condecco is another manufacturer of products that can be used for your stone fireplace surround. Condecco uses a slightly different approach in the way they manufacture their product to that used by Cultured Stone or Coronado. Their products are manufactured from high-density polyurethane making them lighter. The coloring is achieved using iron oxides (real dust stone) and further coloring may be applied into the mold prior to casting the liquid polyurethane. The color is baked into the product during curing and is permanent.