Installation & Assembly

8/20/2016
Working with Corners
The way to form outside corners, or corners that are not at 90 degrees, is to miter cut panels on
site. To miter cut an outside corner, select one rock panel and mark the point where the join
should be. Cut the panel at the mark with no tilt, or at a 0 degree angle on the saw. Then the
two pieces need to be individually cut on a 45 degree miter to form a right angle. Once cut,
check the panel to make sure it forms a perfect 90 degree corner. The color, the width and
thickness of the stone pieces should match to form a continuous look that seems to "flow"
around the corner. Never use 2 different panels to form a corner, as the color, texture and
thickness will not match as desired.
Inside corners are ideally formed by cutting the stone with a standard inside corner miter cut.
Inside miter cuts, where the stone folds into itself, are easy cuts to perform on site with a tilting
wet saw. Alternatively, two panels can be butt joined together at the inside corner, and any
gaps filled in with pigmented mortar if a tilting wet saw is not available.
Moisture Management
Stone Design Manufactured Stone Veneer is an excellent choice of building material for any
environment and climate, be it interior or exterior, adjacent or completely submerged in water,
desert hot or polar cold. Certain products should be used and procedures followed in some of
these environments, as noted below:
Moisture Rich Environments – It is critical that a waterproofing membrane meeting or
exceeding ANSI 118.10 & 118.12 standards be applied between the substrate and tile adhesive
to form a waterproof barrier. This will ensure moisture will not reach the substrate material
and potentially degrade its ability to support the veneer.
Freeze / Thaw Climates – Stone Design Manufactured Stone Veneer will not be affected at all
by the normal freezing and thawing of the climate which they are exposed to, however, the
same cannot be said about the substrate to which they are applied. It is critical that a
waterproof / anti-fracture membrane meeting or exceeding ANSI 118.10 & 118.12 standards be
applied between the substrate and tile adhesive to form a water and fracture proof barrier,
capable of resisting substrate movement during freeze thaw cycles.