Tradestone

Tradestone Bringing Natural Stone to Every Home.

Closed Monday for Labor Day. Crews rest, trucks stop, phones go quiet. Normal hours resume Tuesday.
09/04/2026

Closed Monday for Labor Day. Crews rest, trucks stop, phones go quiet. Normal hours resume Tuesday.

08/31/2026

When "close enough" isn't in your vocabulary.

Quarried granite, cut dense and heavy it stays put against soil pressure, freeze-thaw, and plow blades.No rusting like s...
08/24/2026

Quarried granite, cut dense and heavy it stays put against soil pressure, freeze-thaw, and plow blades.

No rusting like steel, no warping like plastic.

It keeps gravel driveways from spreading, asphalt edges from crumbling, and mulch where you put it. Run it straight or curve it soft, dry-laid or mortared. No sealing, no replacing. The patina is the point.

It's the detail that makes the whole install look finished.

See what's in the yard at gotradestone.com

08/10/2026

See that rust-brown color running through your bluestone steps? That's not a stain or a flaw. It's iron in the stone.

Looking for bluestone steps for a project? Reach out and we'll talk through the color range so you know what you're getting.

Four patios, four different approaches, same material. Bluestone gives you room to work. Tight pattern layouts, stepping...
08/06/2026

Four patios, four different approaches, same material.

Bluestone gives you room to work.

Tight pattern layouts, stepping stones set in gravel, full coverage against the house, clean lines running out to the yard.

The stone adapts to the space and the design instead of forcing one look on every job.

Different patterns, different settings, all of them clean results. That's the range you're working with when you start with good bluestone.

Planning a patio build and want to talk material or layout?

Reach out. We'll get you sorted.

A bluestone patio is only as good as what's under it. Most of the problems people run into a few years down the road don...
07/31/2026

A bluestone patio is only as good as what's under it.

Most of the problems people run into a few years down the road don't come from the stone.

They come from the base.

Dry-set works because every layer does a job.

A compacted aggregate base gives you a stable foundation that carries the load.

A proper setting bed levels the stone and lets water move.

Skip the compaction or shortcut the base depth, and the patio shifts, settles, and pops joints once freeze-thaw goes to work on it.

Do it right the first time and the stone sits flat and holds for decades.

Do it fast and you're back out there fixing it.

The difference isn't the bluestone. It's the prep nobody sees.

Building a patio and want to make sure you start with the right material? Reach out. https://gotradestone.com/

07/29/2026

People don't think of stone as an exciting business.

It's rock, right? But there's something to it. Big machines, material that's been around longer than any of us, and the satisfaction of watching a raw slab turn into someone's patio or wall. The trade doesn't get much spotlight, but the people in it know. It's a good line of work.

How do you deal with the thickness variation in natural cleft bluestone?You open the pallet and the pieces aren't the sa...
07/28/2026

How do you deal with the thickness variation in natural cleft bluestone?

You open the pallet and the pieces aren't the same thickness.

Some thicker, some thinner, a quarter inch of difference or more from one to the next.

It's not a bad batch.

It's stone split by hand, and it opens along the natural layers of the rock.

Those layers are never perfectly even, so thickness varies piece to piece.

It's part of what gives cleft its look.

The problem isn't the stone. It's treating it like calibrated stone.

Level the base perfectly flat, start setting, and some pieces sit high while others sit low.

The patio ends up uneven underfoot.

The fix is in the setting bed.

Adjust piece by piece, raising or lowering the material under each one so the faces land at the same height.

Measure from the top, not the bottom.

The surface you walk on is what counts.

A little more work per piece. But you end up with a flat patio that keeps all the texture and natural color of the cleft.

If you're installing natural cleft, plan for the variation from the start.

Need bluestone or a hand picking the right material for the job?

Reach out. We'll get you sorted and talk through what works best for your install.

Variegated thermal pavers. Flat face, full range.The face is sawn flat and torched, so you get an even surface with grip...
07/24/2026

Variegated thermal pavers. Flat face, full range.

The face is sawn flat and torched, so you get an even surface with grip. You also get the full natural range of colors: blues, grays, greens, browns, rust.
Good choice when you want a clean patio with natural tones.

Message us to check availability.

07/22/2026

When you're running three jobs at once, waiting on stone isn't an option.
That's why our yard loads early. Show up at 7, get loaded, meet your crew by 8.

Natural stone takes real coordination behind the scenes.
You'll never see most of it. You'll just see your schedule holding.

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574 NY/416
Montgomery, NY
12549

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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