Natural Stone Wall Cladding — Shailer Park, Logan
Natural Stone Wall Cladding Shailer Park
Wall cladding in Shailer Park, decided by weight before colour
About 72kg for every square metre of Golden Mushroom stacked stone, which is why the supplier's own page says adhesive alone is not the fixing method. Natural stone wall cladding is the one product in this range where weight sets the method. Stone and Rock publishes about 72kg per square metre for its Golden Mushroom stacked stone panels, and the same product page states that the weight requires mechanical fixing in addition to adhesive, with stainless steel angles in grade 304 or 316 and a qualified engineer consulted. Shailer Park is overwhelmingly detached housing: 89.8% separate houses against 74.8% across Queensland, averaging 3.7 bedrooms against 3.2. The Census measures bedrooms, not elevations, so only your own wall gives the area — and every square metre of it carries the same load. Ring 1300 113 260 with the wall's size and construction, or order up to three free samples first.
About 72 kilograms. That is what Stone and Rock's own product page gives for one square metre of its Golden Mushroom stacked stone: cultured quartzite panels at 20 x 40 x 1.5cm, made up of 10 x 20 x 1.5cm pieces, about 7.5kg a panel, 0.5 square metres each, six panels to a box. The same page is direct about what that weight means. It states the weight requires mechanical fixing in addition to adhesive, asks for a sound substrate, recommends stainless steel angles in grade 304 or 316, and recommends consulting a qualified engineer. That is the supplier's own guidance about its own product — it appears on a product page, not in a permit condition.
It reorders the questions. On a floor or a paved surround the ground carries the stone. On a wall nothing is underneath it, so the first question is what the wall is built of, the second is who is prepared to put their name to the fixing, and the colour comes third. That is also the cleanest line between this page and the natural stone tiles and pavers page for Shailer Park, which deals with the horizontal half of the same house.
Who is reading this matters to how the decision lands. In Shailer Park 79.4% of dwellings are owner-occupied against 63.5% across Queensland, and 51.6% carry a mortgage against 34.4% statewide. Where the buyer is the owner, the fixing decision and the bill for getting it wrong stay in the same household — which is a good reason to spend an hour on the method before spending anything on the stone.
Why natural stone matters in Shailer Park
Weight is the one thing about cladding that scales with the wall
Weight is the one thing about wall cladding that scales with the wall. Stone and Rock publishes about 72kg per square metre for its Golden Mushroom stacked stone panels, and whatever your elevation measures, that figure multiplies across all of it while the fixing holds the lot at once. The Census counts dwellings and bedrooms rather than elevations, so it cannot tell you how big your wall is. What it does tell you is the kind of building most of this suburb lives in: 89.8% separate houses against 74.8% across Queensland, averaging 3.7 bedrooms against 3.2. If the wall you have in mind is a two-storey gable end or a full garage face, do the multiplication before the colour swatches. If it is a small entry panel, the conversation is simply shorter.
Who settles it matters as much as the number. The recommendation to use stainless steel angles in grade 304 or 316 and to consult a qualified engineer sits on Stone and Rock's own product page, as the supplier's guidance about its own panels rather than as a permit condition. There is also an Australian Standard written specifically for this work: AS 4214:2018, Fixing of Stone Veneer. AS 3958:2023 covers the preparation of the background and the bonded fixing and grouting of floor and wall tiles, including mosaic tiles and panels, internally and externally, and covers the types and classes of backgrounds and substrates and their suitability to receive a bedded finish. Ask your installer which of those they work to and what fixing they propose, before a box is opened.
Method before quantity
The sequence that stops you buying the stone twice
The household economics here reward asking early. Median weekly household income in Shailer Park is $2,227 against $1,675 across Queensland, and 51.6% of dwellings are owned with a mortgage at a median $1,993 a month, against 34.4% statewide. That is a household with the budget for natural stone and no appetite for buying it twice. Panels that are both adhered and mechanically fixed do not come off the way a paver is lifted, so the remedial job is the whole elevation rather than one piece of it.
The sequence that protects it is not complicated. Order up to three free samples, credited against your next purchase and shipped within three working days from Queensland, and look at them against the finishes already on the house. Settle the fixing method with whoever will do the work, and get the weight of the exact line into that conversation rather than a category figure. Then work out the quantity, and decide between collecting at Springwood and having a pallet delivered.
The range
Two cladding formats, samples and a trade programme
Stacked Stone Cladding Panels
Interlocking natural stacked stone panels sold by the box, including the Golden Mushroom cultured quartzite line: 20 x 40 x 1.5cm panels made up of 10 x 20 x 1.5cm pieces, 0.5 square metres per panel and six panels to a box, with the panel and per-square-metre weight published on the product page.
See stacked stone panels →Free-Form Loose Wall Cladding
Random natural stone wall cladding sold as individual pieces rather than by the box, including the Helios European line. It is fitted piece by piece, so coverage depends on how it is laid and it is estimated differently from panels.
See free-form loose cladding →Free Stone Samples
Samples are free, with a standard limit of three per order. They ship within three working days from Queensland and the cost is credited against your next purchase.
Order free samples →Trade Accounts for Builders and Landscapers
A trade programme for builders, tilers and landscapers. Registration is gated by ABN, and both the trade pricing tier and the shipping terms step with the size and value of the order. Figures are set inside the programme, not published here.
See trade accounts →See the texture
Stone wall cladding, close up
Natural Stone Wall Cladding
Cloudy grey, on a vertical face
Natural Stone Wall Cladding
Blue steel rustic tones
Free-Form Loose Wall Cladding
Sold as individual pieces, not by the box
Free-Form Loose Wall Cladding
Coverage depends on how it is laid
Photos are cladding from the Stone and Rock range, shown for colour and texture reference. Ask for the published weight of the exact line before a fixing is designed — the Golden Mushroom figures belong to that line, not to the category.
What to settle before you order
Where cladding orders usually go wrong
Adhesive is treated as the fixing method, and the mechanical fixing is discovered after the stone arrives
Cladding gets bought the way tile gets bought — by colour, coverage and box count — and the weight sits in the specifications rather than in the photograph. The two formats are also sold in different units, individual pieces against boxes of six, which pushes the conversation towards quantity before method.
Stone and Rock's own product page for the Golden Mushroom panels states about 72kg per square metre and about 7.5kg per panel, and states that the weight requires mechanical fixing in addition to adhesive, over a sound substrate, with stainless steel angles in grade 304 or 316. In Shailer Park 79.4% of dwellings are owner-occupied against 63.5% across Queensland, so for most readers here the person choosing the stone is also the person who owns the fixing for as long as they own the house.
The published figures are the ones to hand to whoever is fixing the wall: about 7.5kg per panel, about 72kg per square metre, 0.5 square metres per panel, six panels to a box. Ask us for the product facts, and ask your installer or engineer for the fixing design and the substrate — the two questions have different owners, and it is worth confirming with us where our part ends before you order.
The 72kg figure gets applied to the whole cladding category
A single published number travels easily, and stone cladding is shopped as a category rather than as a named product.
That figure is published for the Golden Mushroom cultured quartzite panels specifically — 20 x 40 x 1.5cm, made up of 10 x 20 x 1.5cm pieces, about 7.5kg each. The range also includes free-form loose cladding sold as individual pieces, such as the Helios European stone, which is laid and estimated differently. A fixing designed around a figure that belongs to another product is designed around nothing.
Ask for the published weight of the exact line before the fixing is designed. Where a weight is not published for a line, we say so rather than lending it the panel figure.
The engineer recommendation reads as sales caution, so it gets skipped
It appears on a product page rather than in a permit condition, so it can read as a seller covering itself rather than as advice about the wall. Anything that adds a cost before the stone is even ordered is easy to defer.
It is the supplier's own guidance about its own product, which makes it the most specific advice available for that panel. The subject is documented independently as well: AS 4214:2018, Fixing of Stone Veneer, is the Australian Standard written for this work, and AS 3958:2023 covers preparation of the background and the bonded fixing and grouting of wall tiles including panels, internally and externally, along with the types and classes of backgrounds and their suitability to receive a bedded finish. Fixing stone veneer is a technical subject with literature behind it, not a matter of taste.
We name the standards so you can ask for them by number. Ask your installer which they work to and what fixing they propose for your wall before you order the stone.
The pallet arrives and everything past the kerb is the buyer's problem
Stone and Rock's published delivery terms state that most deliveries arrive on a pallet and are delivered to the nearest accessible location, which may be the kerbside nearest the property, that neither a member of staff nor the delivery company can transport goods into a property, and that all orders require a signature.
The Golden Mushroom panels are heavy in a way that one box disguises: about 7.5kg a panel, six panels to a box, about 72kg for every square metre of that line that ends up on the wall. Shailer Park averages 2.2 motor vehicles per dwelling, but the Census counts vehicles, not utes, trailers or a second pair of hands on a Saturday morning.
Where collecting suits better, pickup is at 3362 Pacific Highway, Springwood QLD 4127, during staffed hours only — Mon–Thu 8am–4pm, Fri 7am–12pm, Sat 9am–2pm, closed Sunday — with no after-hours self check-in. The Baringa showroom is display only and cannot fill a pickup. Confirm the delivery arrangements for your address on 1300 113 260.
Over-ordering on a collection, then trying to hand the spare boxes back
The Golden Mushroom panels move in box-sized steps — 0.5 square metres a panel, six panels a box — while free-form loose cladding covers whatever it covers depending on how it is laid, so buyers round up on both.
Stone and Rock's published terms treat collected orders more strictly than delivered ones: overages of collected products are not accepted back, refunds on collections are at the company's discretion and only within seven days of receipt, and where a return is agreed a 20% restocking fee plus additional shipping applies, while overages of delivered goods are accepted back within 14 days. Where 51.6% of dwellings are owned with a mortgage at a median $1,993 a month, against 34.4% across Queensland, a rounded-up order is not a rounding error.
Measure the area you actually intend to clad before you choose a quantity, keep up to three free samples on the wall while you decide — free, shipped within three working days from Queensland and credited against your next purchase — and count the boxes before you leave the counter.
The face being clad is a retaining wall or a garden structure rather than a house wall
A blank block or concrete face is the obvious candidate for stone, and it tends to get treated as a surface to be decorated rather than as a structure being asked to carry something new.
Stone and Rock's guidance for its Golden Mushroom stacked stone panels asks for a sound substrate and for mechanical fixing in addition to adhesive at about 72kg per square metre for that line, so what the structure was built to carry becomes a live question rather than a finish question. The structure's own approval status is separate again: in Queensland a retaining wall no more than 1m high with no surcharge loading above it, such as a building or driveway, is accepted development that does not require building approval, and above that, or with surcharge, approval is generally required — confirm your own site with a building certifier. If any part of the face sits within the 900mm non-climbable zone outside a pool barrier, the rule about footholds also governs what may be built there.
Take the structure's construction and height to your certifier or engineer before you bring us its area.
About the supplier
No branch in Shailer Park — the nearest premises is Springwood
There is no Stone and Rock branch in Shailer Park. The nearest premises is the Springwood warehouse at 3362 Pacific Highway, Springwood QLD 4127, which has display walls on site and fills customer pickups Mon–Thu 8am–4pm, Fri 7am–12pm and Sat 9am–2pm, closed Sunday, during staffed hours only — there is no after-hours self check-in there. The Sunshine Coast showroom at 2/7 Matheson St, Baringa can be visited 7am–9pm daily but cannot fill a pickup. The trading entity is STONE AND ROCK PTY LTD, ABN 21 621 132 090, an Australian private company with an ABN active since 6 April 2018 on the Australian Business Register. Samples are free with a limit of three per order, ship within three working days from Queensland, and their cost is credited against your next purchase. The range covers wall cladding and stacked stone alongside tiles, pavers, landscaping stone and sealers, and there is an ABN-gated trade programme for builders, tilers and landscapers. On sourcing, the business says it buys with no middlemen, dealing directly with mines, quarries or factories — its own account of itself rather than an independently verified one.
Nearby & related
More cladding and stone across Logan
Questions we hear
Shailer Park wall cladding FAQ
How much does natural stone wall cladding actually weigh?⌄
For the Golden Mushroom stacked stone panels, Stone and Rock publishes about 7.5kg per panel and about 72kg per square metre, with each panel covering 0.5 square metres and six panels to a box. Those figures belong to that line — cultured quartzite panels at 20 x 40 x 1.5cm — and not to natural stone cladding as a category. The range also includes free-form loose cladding sold as individual pieces, such as the Helios European stone, and the panel weight does not transfer to it. Before anyone designs a fixing, ask for the published weight of the exact line you intend to buy and give that figure to whoever is fixing it.
Can I fix stone cladding with adhesive alone?⌄
Not according to the supplier's own instructions for its panels. The Golden Mushroom product page states that the weight requires mechanical fixing in addition to adhesive, asks for a sound substrate, and recommends stainless steel angles in grade 304 or 316. That is Stone and Rock's guidance about its own product, not a legal requirement. On the standards side, AS 3958:2023 covers the preparation of the background and the bonded fixing and grouting of floor and wall tiles, including mosaic tiles and panels, applies to internal and external laying, and covers the types and classes of backgrounds and substrates and their suitability to receive a bedded finish. There is also an Australian Standard written specifically for this work: AS 4214:2018, Fixing of Stone Veneer. Ask your installer which of those they work to and what they propose for your wall.
Do I need an engineer, and who signs the fixing off?⌄
Stone and Rock's product page recommends consulting a qualified engineer for its Golden Mushroom stacked stone panels. That is the supplier's recommendation rather than a permit condition, and it is advice about a product rather than an assessment of your particular wall. Ask us what we can confirm for your job before you order, and do not assume a product page has taken responsibility for the fixing. In practice the person who signs it off is the person who accepts responsibility for the fixing: your builder or tiler, or the engineer they engage. Decide that before the stone arrives, because at about 72kg per square metre for that line an afterthought sits high on a wall rather than flat on the ground. If what you are cladding is a retaining structure, its own approval status is a separate question — in Queensland a retaining wall no more than 1m high with no surcharge loading above it is accepted development that does not require building approval, and above that, or with surcharge, approval is generally required, so confirm your own site with a building certifier.
Can I pick cladding up in Shailer Park, or does it have to be delivered?⌄
There is no Stone and Rock site in Shailer Park. Pickup is at the Springwood warehouse, 3362 Pacific Highway, Springwood QLD 4127, Mon–Thu 8am–4pm, Fri 7am–12pm, Sat 9am–2pm, closed Sunday, and only during those staffed hours — there is no after-hours self check-in. The Baringa showroom on the Sunshine Coast can be visited 7am–9pm daily but cannot fill a pickup, so it is not an option for a Logan buyer. If you have it delivered, the published terms state that most deliveries arrive on a pallet and are dropped at the nearest accessible location, which may be the kerbside nearest the property, that neither staff nor the delivery company can carry goods into a property, and that every order requires a signature. The Golden Mushroom stacked stone panels are published at about 72kg per square metre, so work out who moves the pallet from the kerb before the truck is booked, whichever line you settle on. Shailer Park averages 2.2 motor vehicles per dwelling, though the Census counts vehicles, not utes and trailers. Confirm the arrangements for your address on 1300 113 260.
Do I waterproof the wall, seal the stone, or both?⌄
They are two different jobs at two different stages. Stone and Rock's product page advises waterproofing the wall beforehand, because the panels are installed with butt joints and no grout. Sealing is a separate and later question about the face of the stone, and the Natural Stone Institute's position is worth knowing before you buy one: the products the industry calls sealers are impregnators that repel rather than seal, sealing does not make stone stain-proof, and outdoors organic leaf and bark stains generally bleach out under normal sun and rain. Neither statement makes one a substitute for the other. Settle the waterproofing with whoever prepares the wall, and follow the manufacturer's instructions for any sealer you choose.
How do I work out how much to order?⌄
Start with the format, because the two are estimated differently. Panels give you a repeating module: the Golden Mushroom line covers 0.5 square metres per panel with six panels to a box. Free-form loose cladding, such as the Helios line, is fitted piece by piece and the coverage depends on how it is laid. Measure the area you actually intend to clad rather than the elevation as a whole. Then be deliberate about over-ordering on a collection: Stone and Rock's published terms say overages of collected products are not accepted back, that refunds on collections are at the company's discretion and only within seven days of receipt, and that where a return is agreed a 20% restocking fee plus additional shipping applies, while overages of delivered goods are accepted back within 14 days. Free samples — up to three per order, credited against your next purchase — cost nothing while you measure.
We have already read your Shailer Park tiles and pavers page. Is cladding the same decision?⌄
No. That page covers horizontal surfaces — floors, pavers and pool surrounds — and this one covers vertical ones, and the decisions barely overlap. On a floor or a pool surround the ground carries the load. On a wall the fixing carries it: about 72kg per square metre for the Golden Mushroom panels, mechanical fixing in addition to adhesive, a sound substrate, and on the supplier's own advice a qualified engineer. AS 3958:2023 happens to cover floor and wall tiles alike, but the wall version of the conversation starts with the background rather than with the surface you will stand on. If your project takes in both — a courtyard and the wall behind it — specify them as two jobs. Stone and Rock stocks tiles, pavers and cladding and fills pickups for all of them from the one Springwood warehouse.
Where to collect
The Springwood warehouse, 3362 Pacific Highway
Display walls and customer pickup on site, inside staffed hours. No after-hours self check-in.
Fixing before quantity
Settle the fixing, then order the stone
Settle the fixing before you settle the quantity. Ring 1300 113 260 with the wall's size, what it is built of, and whether it is inside or out, or order up to three free samples first and look at them against the finishes already on the house. When the method is agreed, pickup is at 3362 Pacific Highway, Springwood QLD 4127, Mon–Thu 8am–4pm, Fri 7am–12pm, Sat 9am–2pm, closed Sunday, during staffed hours only — the Baringa showroom is display only and cannot fill a pickup. If a pallet is coming to you instead, the published terms have it dropped at the nearest accessible location, which may be the kerbside, with a signature required and no carrying into the property, so decide who is moving it before you book.
Product weights, dimensions, coverage and pack sizes are stated as published by Stone and Rock at the time this page was prepared and should be re-checked on the live product page before ordering; the Golden Mushroom figures belong to that line rather than to stone cladding as a category, and no weight is published for the free-form loose cladding. The fixing and substrate guidance quoted here is the supplier's own recommendation on its own product page, not a code or legal requirement. AS 3958:2023 and AS 4214:2018 are named for reference; Business Queensland, Natural Stone Institute and Census material is general information. Final specification of the fixing, the substrate and any waterproofing belongs with a qualified installer or engineer, and approval questions belong with a building certifier.