Instructions / Assembly
Table Of Contents
- 1) SYSTEM & INSTALLATION OVERVIEW
- 2) ESTIMATING REQUIRED SILVERMINE MATERIALS
- 3) TRANSPORTING, STORING & HANDLING
- 4) RECOMMENDED TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
- 5) OTHER MATERIALS
- 6) PREPARING FOR INSTALLATION:
- 7) FASTENING
- 8) CUTTING
- 9) INSTALLING INITIAL COURSES:
- 10) SUBSEQUENT COURSES (WORKING YOUR WAY UP THE WALL)
- 11) SUPPLEMENTAL FLASHING & TRANSITIONS
- Step Flashing Defined
- Flashing & Installing Outside Corners
- Flashing & Installing Inside Corners
- Flashing Vertical Transitions
- Flashing Horizontal Cladding Transitions with Stone below
- Flashing Horizontal Cladding Transitions with Sills below
- Under Openings (Trim removable, Sills or Panels Below)
- Sills Under Windows w/out Removable Trim
- Under Fixed Trim Situations (trim not removable, tight eaves, frieze boards, etc.)
- Over Trimmed Openings
- Flashing Soffit Terminations
- Flashing & Installing Light and Electrical Boxes
- Flashing & Installing Vents
- 12) CARE & MAINTENANCE
- 13) DEALING WITH COMPLIMENTS
- APPENDIX A - STONE ESTIMATION SHEET
- APPENDIX B –DRAWINGS
- Fig. B-1 Flat Panel
- Fig. B-2 Initial Course Over Foundation Wall Base
- Fig. B-3 Initial Course Over Water Table Trim
- Fig. B-4 Outside Corner w/ Step Flashing
- Fig. B-5 Inside Corner w/ Step Flashing
- Fig. B-6 Vertical Transition w/ Step Flashing
- Fig. B–7 Panels Below Siding
- Fig. B–8 Panels Below Trim
- Fig. B–9 Sills Below Siding
- Fig. B-10 Panels/Sills Below Openings w/ Removable Trim
- Fig. B-11 Sills Below Window w/out Removable Trim
- Fig. B-12 Panels Under Fixed Trim
- Fig. B-13 Initial Course Above Trimmed Openings
- Fig. B-14 Panels Below Soffit
- Fig. B-15 Electrical & Light Box Installation
- Fig. B-16 Vent Installation
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• Using a short level, ensure the panel is level and aligned with the adjacent corner or trim. Use a level on
every panel and accessory to ensure the panels stay level from panel to panel and course-to-course.
• Fasten the panel to the wall using Silvermine Stone approved screws (see Section 8).
• Continue installing panels using the instructions above for guidance until you have completed the initial
course or worked your way to an inside corner.
• Complete the initial course as you would any other course - See Section 11.
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10) SUBSEQUENT COURSES (WORKING YOUR WAY UP THE WALL)
Remember, install outside corners on the course you are working before installing panels.
Alternate left and right corner pairs as you work your way up the wall. This helps prevent the
alignment of vertical seams and maintain the necessary 6 inch offset (See Figure 3).
Stair Stepping
Corners and flats can be built up in a stair step fashion once the initial course of stone has been
installed (See Figure 4). This technique improves efficiency, reduces installation time, and
helps hide cut edges in inconspicuous areas.
Set a starting edge from which you will work right or left from.
• In the case of an outside corner, install the full outside corner (both sides), up to 8 courses
at a time following the directions for installing outside corners. Never install a corner or
panel unless there is a stone or transition below it.
• In the case of trim, the trim will set the edge. Step flash the edge
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as you install the flat
panels. Cut between 4 and 7 inches off the first flat panel on alternating courses to
establish good seam offsets. Cut the stone, per the cutting instructions. If trim is not thick
enough to cover the edge of the stone, you may want to grind down the panel edge to meet the trim edge or
install a vertical drip edge to provide a finished look. Ideally, the trim should be equal to or thicker than the
panel edge.
Completing courses
When completing courses, cutting factory edges is unavoidable. However, avoiding cut edges in high visibility
areas and near focal points is not difficult. Care should be taken to plan accordingly.
The following addresses three common installation scenarios and how to make unsightly cut edges less visible,
if not invisible:
If installing on a wall with two outside corners, pick a corner and work across to the other corner. Consider
sight lines as you will likely have a cut edge to complete each course. You can cut the corners or the panels
before the corners.
If installing on a wall with one outside corner and one inside corner, start at the outside corner and work
toward the inside corner. All cut edges should be close to and directed toward an inside corner.
If installing on a wall between vertical trim where the trim will hide all cut edges; start at one end, and work
toward the other end. If the trim is thinner than the thickest stones on the panels, work from the trim in a
stair step manor toward the desired location of the cut stone(s)..
Continue working up the wall as previously instructed, ensuring all panels are properly installed.
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See “Flashing - Vertical Edges” section
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Figure 3