If you re thinking about stone veneer on your home be sure to consider these six problems before you buy.
Manufactured stone veneer before and after.
Manufactured stone veneer has nearly the heft and all of the texture of real natural stone.
With its versatility and light weight faux stone can be used in a wide array of architectural applications.
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If the surface is smooth you can attach metal lath and a scratch masonry coat to provide a surface for thin sheets of stone to grip.
Manufactured veneer stone lends itself to do it yourself installation more so than does natural stone.
Corners on the sides meeting the walls gave a finish looking like full bed stacked stone as pictured below.
You have decided after some research that you would like to seal and possibly enhance your new manufactured stone but you re not sure where to begin.
Here s a quick guide to doing it right.
When you love what you do it shows.
Sometimes the biggest problem that arises from the use of manufactured stone veneer siding isn t the finish itself but the damage to a home s interior.
Natural stone can be installed directly on porous concrete stone or block.
Exterior stone veneer siding problems.
Hard work pays off.
We used corners on the two sides of the fireplace opening and vertical corners for the top of the opening to create a beautiful feature.
Fortunately north star stone is here to help.
Front view of framed fireplace before stone.
Manufactured stone veneer can be significantly easier and more cost effective to install than natural stone and can be used in a variety of applications and on many different surfaces.
You have recently decided to improve the appearance of your home by adding stone veneer.