Veneer Stone are laid in three distinct fashions. Natural Stone Veneer is probably the most popular of the three. As can be seen in the photo, the stone are laid with the mortar showing and recessed about 1/2 inch.
Dry Stack Veneer consists of laying the stone tight together without any mortar showing on the face of the stone. The mortar is held to the back and behind the stone. This type of veneer is as strong as the natural veneer, in fact, it requires more mortar to lay this type of stone. The photos below are examples of Dry-Stack. The photo on the left shows how arched windows are done by using the same length stone to form the curve. The photo on the right gives a detail view of the size and color variations, which helps break-up the vertical and horizontal lines.
Cut Stone Veneer is the third type of stone veneer. The stone used in this type are split from a large piece of stone into 4 inch thick sections. In the photo below, the stone were sawed to make them in uniform heights and lengths
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