Thin Veneer

Natural Stone Thin Veneer can be a good alternative to either full depth veneer or manufactured stone veneers. Full depth veneer requires dedicated engineered support. Thin veneer weights under 15 pounds per square ft and can be directly adhered to the wall of your building just like stucco. Man-made products chip to reveal plaster or concrete and fade or change color in the sun. Our natural thin veneer offers all the advantages of real stone’s durability and colorfastness. As a Colorado-based, all-natural stone quarry and fabrication company, all of our offerings are cut to specification in Lyons, Colorado. This means that we are able to deliver the custom fabricated trim pieces that finish your project off just the way you want. This is not a manufactured stone product.

We at Lyons Sandstone have decided that Colorado uses too much “manufactured stone veneer” or “lickem-stickem”.   Natural stone will easily outperform the man-made alternative.  With this in mind, we offer a wide range of colors and patterns at a price that is competitive with the man-made product.  We never want a designer or an owner to select the man-made product because they did not feel they could find the quality natural stone they desired at a reasonable price point. Manufactured stone veneer is especially poorly suited to Colorado due to the high number of freeze-thaw cycles we experience and the extremely high UV load our building are subjected to.

Many of our Thin Veneers are gauged and coursed products. This makes installation easier and faster. Full height, gauged products make a perfect dry stack layup as easy as block. Nominal sizing allows for mortar with the same perfection and speed. Both full height and nominals can be used to create a clean and simple coursed look or a more artistic pattern with 2:1 and 3:2 joints. Different heights can be selected and blended to create the look that is appropriate for your project whether it is a 27″ wainscot or a 6-story building.

Please note that we do not recommend thin veneer is installed in a dry stack pattern on the exterior of buildings in Colorado. If this look is desired, special steps will need to be taken to ensure that water does not get behind the stone.