True natural stone veneer is found only in the most upper end homes while the synthetic forms are a somewhat bargain basement option.
Installing stone veneer over concrete board.
Use a pre blended polymer fortified type s mortar and water known as svm stone veneer mortar.
Due to the uniformity of the product the lighter weight and the lower cost manufactured concrete based veneer accounts for the vast majority of stone veneer installations.
We use thinset as a base coat over cement board.
Do you have to use metal lathe and thinset on stone veneer or can you apply a scratch coat on cement board.
Use a good thinset and you won t have any problems.
Cement board is screwed or nailed to the brick basically acting as a new underlayment and ignoring the brick.
How to install stone veneer.
Cement board is a cementitious backer board that is often used for tile application but also serves to offer a strong bonding surface for other masonry products like manufactured stone veneer.
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Installing the stone veneer.
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Next cover the lath with a 3 4 inch thick layer of mortar and scrape horizontal grooves into it so the stones will grip better.
Cement board makes manufactured stone installation a fairly straightforward task.
I ve even used this same technique on painted concrete block and it works great.
Plus there are options for installing stone veneer over both metal and wood framed walls as well as over masonry substrates of cmu block or brick and also over poured concrete.
Cement board works essentially like the metal lath method but installation is cleaner and allows you to begin veneering immediately.
To install a stone veneer start by covering the entire area with 18 gauge metal lath and using 2 inch nails to secure it to the surface.
Then a mortar layer is applied before adhering the stone veneer.
Below are the steps involved.
Trowel it on with a thick notch trowel and install stone with regular mortar after the thinset dries.