(in an Irish accent) Ah, yes, the stone entry!...just like you've come across a cozy cottage after a long walk through the forest.
Fake stone's relatively low cost and ease of installation (almost anyone can do it...probably part of the problem) leads to lots of "things that make you go hmmmm" moments. If everyone would just take a look at real stone walls they could avoid the following "things" and make the final product look much more genuine...that is the idea, right? Here are four:
Lower stones should be the largest, then more or less, they should get smaller as they go up...common sense if they were real stone.
Corner stones should be larger that stones in the middle of a wall...they would have been used to lock the corners in place.
Keystones should be placed in the middle of arches with slightly smaller stones making up the balance of the arch.
Stones should be "stuck on" as though they really would have to rely on their neighbors to stay in place...locked together.
All of these methods can be accomplished using fake stone...the architect or builder just has to do a little planning.
