Manufactured stone
Manufactured stone veneer and architectural concrete, cast in Jacó. Matching corner pieces across every line.
Natural stone
Costa Rican quarry stone cut to order: irregular, rectangular multi-use and thin veneer panels.
Manufactured stone veneer and architectural concrete, cast in Jacó. Matching corner pieces across every line.
Costa Rican quarry stone cut to order: irregular, rectangular multi-use and thin veneer panels.
Deco Rock veneer goes on much like ceramic tile: over clean, cured render, with a suitable adhesive mortar. The details below are what separates a wall that lasts from one that does not.
The substrate must be cured, clean, sound and flat. Render (repello) is ideal. Remove dust, laitance, form oil and any loose material. A dusty wall is the most common cause of a failed bond.
Use Bondex or Deco Rock mortar. Mix to a workable consistency and do not over-water — added water reduces bond strength.
Always fit the corner pieces first, then work along the flats towards them. This is what produces the continuous wrap that makes the wall read as solid stone.
Alternate piece lengths and avoid lining up joints, so no visible pattern repeats.
No grout: QuickFit, FastFit, ThinStone, FossilRock — pieces butt together. Faster, and nothing to stain later.
Grout required: Hackett, IrishStone.
Brick styles: optional, but grouting is recommended to avoid open gaps.
On natural stone, consider dry-stacking a rectangular format. Grout is where staining and algae start, especially in tight joints.
Manufactured veneer does not need sealing. Porous natural stone — coralina, mollejón — needs a penetrating sealer as a base and then a topping sealer to close the surface pores. See the maintenance guide.
Flats are quoted by the square metre and corner pieces by the linear metre — they are ordered separately. Measure the wall area for flats and the total corner length for corners, and allow a small waste margin for cutting.
Clean, cured render (repello) or another sound, flat substrate, using Bondex or Deco Rock mortar. Dust and loose material are the main causes of bond failure.
Yes, always. Fit the corners, then work along the flats towards them — that is what makes the wall wrap the corner with no visible seam.
Hackett and IrishStone require grout. QuickFit, FastFit, ThinStone and FossilRock install with no grout. Brick styles are optional but grouting is recommended.
No. Porous natural stone does — a penetrating sealer first, then a topping sealer.
Wall area in square metres for flats, and total corner length in linear metres for corner pieces. Send us the measurements and we will do it with you.
How to install manufactured stone veneer and natural stone in Costa Rica: surface prep, mortar, corner pieces first, grout or dry-stack, and curing.
Send us a photo of the substrate and we will tell you what it needs.
