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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APPENDIX A - STONE ESTIMATION SHEET
Rectangular dimensions (walls)
Height
Length
Wall #
Feet
Inches
Feet
Inches
Sill on top?
1
2
3
4
Large Openings, e.g., windows, doors, garage doors (areas not covered by stone)
Opening on ground
(e.g., door)?
Height
Length
Opening #
Feet
Inches
Feet
Inches
1
2
3
4
5
6
CORNERS calculation
Height
Feet
Inches
Sill on top?
1
2
3
4
5
6
Peak (non-rectangular) calculations
Sq Feet
1
2
Buffer %