Stone On Concrete Wall
Remove any remaining stain or paint from the wall with a right angle grinder fitted with wire brush.
Stone on concrete wall. Adding stone veneer to a concrete foundation wall. For natural flagstones that are varied in thickness and size you need to use a cement and sand bed. If you are applying stone veneer to a painted or sealed concrete foundation attach a layer of metal lath to the concrete wall with masonry anchors. May was a may zing hehe corny but true.
There are certain reasons but primarily the composition of the concrete and the porous nature of the stone create an almost impossible environment to bond stone to concrete. This is the part 2 video of us showing how to apply the stone ledgers under the cantilever ledge to give your walls houses block walls or whatever you want. Thoroughly dry the wall. How to cover a concrete wall with stone veneer 1.
The thickness of the adhesive should be 1 8 inch. Use a pressure washer fitted with a paint stripping tip to blast the concrete wall clean of all stain paint and dirt. Whether you are dealing with fist sized stones pulled straight from the river or stone veneers that are shaved down into tile like thicknesses stone is installed onto the face of concrete block. With so many application options proper installation procedures make all the difference in ensuring manufactured stone surfaces withstand the tests of time and weather.
Really though it was a wonderful month of sunshine warmer temps for us in the north country of new york june not so much as of yet. Starting from the bottom of the wall spread a thick layer of adhesive across the back of the stone. 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. Faux stone veneer can be used indoors or outdoors.
Regular stone requires backer board but you can apply stone veneer directly to most surfaces including drywall concrete or brick. Rather than a creamy mixture such as with thinset mortar a cement bed of mortar is a mixture of sand cement and lime that you layer on top of the cement.