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.
The short version of a job done properly. For the full detail see the installation guide.
Cured, clean, flat and sound. Remove dust and anything loose.
Dry-lay a section on the ground first. Balance the tones and shapes before anything is fixed — this is the step people skip and regret.
Fit corner pieces, then run the flats into them.
Alternate piece lengths, stagger joints, keep the adhesive bed full behind each piece.
Follow the rule for the line you are using: no grout for QuickFit, FastFit, ThinStone and FossilRock; grout for Hackett and IrishStone.
Clean off as you go, before anything sets. Seal porous natural stone; manufactured veneer needs nothing.
Block, brick, fibre cement, exterior gypsum board and plywood. On block, concrete or brick it is enough to wet the surface well and remove all dust. A painted wall has to be scored back. On gypsum, timber or panel, fix expanded metal lath with nails or staples and apply a light render coat first.
Mortar, an angle grinder with a diamond blade, a level, a mason's trowel, two buckets of clean water, safety glasses and gloves.
Lay out a box of stone and offer the pieces up to the wall before fixing anything. Fit the corner pieces first, then work along the flats, alternating piece lengths so no visible pattern repeats.
Yes. Wet the piece in clean water (always use bucket #1 with clean water), apply a thin coat of mortar to the back, and press it onto the wall by hand.
A step-by-step walk through installing stone cladding in Costa Rica, from substrate preparation to corner pieces, layout and finishing.
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