Limestone

The advantages of limestone.

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  • Created by: Aleena
  • Created on: 29-12-12 22:42

Advantages

  • is widely available and cheaper than granite and marble.
  • It's easy to cut
  • Soem limestne is more hard-wearing than marble, but still looks attractive.
  • Concerte can be poured into moulds to make moulds to make blocks or panels that can be joined together. It's a very quick and cheap way of constructing buildings.  However its unattractive.
  • Limestone, concrete and cement dont rot when they get wet like wood. They cant be gnawed away by insects or rodents and they are fire-resistant.
  • Concrete doesnt corrode like lots of metals do. 
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