{"id":11003,"date":"2017-07-03T11:17:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T18:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allthingsstone.com\/us-en\/boral-cultured-stone-installation-mortar-techniques\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T01:32:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T08:32:51","slug":"boral-cultured-stone-installation-mortar-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allthingsstone.com\/us-en\/blog\/boral-cultured-stone-installation-mortar-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Boral Cultured Stone\u00ae Installation \u2013 Mortar Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/brGGM3y559k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>For all Cultured Stone\u00ae wall veneer products, mortar may be applied to the entire back of each stone individually, or applied directly onto the installation surface. Cover about 5 square feet (0.46 m\u00b2) of surface area at a time, with an even coat of mortar, about 1\/2\u201d to 3\/4\u201d (13\u00a0 to 19 mm) thick. If preferred, mortar may be applied to both the installation surface and the stones. The key here is to choose a method that ensures you a achieve a full setting bed of mortar.<\/p>\n<p>When working in very hot or dry weather, be sure to wet the back of the stone prior to installation. If the installation is to concrete, stone, masonry or a scratch coat substrate, the substrate area should also be dampened before applying the mortar.<\/p>\n<p>Application should be protected from temperatures below 40\u02daF (40\u02daC), as mortar will not cure properly under such conditions. Do not use antifreeze compounds to lower the freezing point of the mortar. See International Building Code 2104.3 for cold weather construction requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all Cultured Stone\u00ae wall veneer products, mortar may be applied to the entire back of each stone individually, or applied directly onto the installation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allthingsstone.com\/us-en\/blog\/boral-cultured-stone-installation-mortar-techniques\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,13,18],"tags":[16,32,33,42],"class_list":["post-11003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-builders","category-diy-homeowners","category-designers-and-architects","category-stone-masons","tag-cultured-stone-veneers","tag-boral-cultured-stone","tag-cultured-stone-installation","tag-mortar-technique"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.6 (Yoast SEO v21.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boral Cultured Stone\u00ae Installation \u2013 Mortar Techniques - CSI \u2013 Continental Stone Industries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allthingsstone.com\/us-en\/blog\/boral-cultured-stone-installation-mortar-techniques\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boral Cultured Stone\u00ae Installation \u2013 Mortar Techniques\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For all Cultured Stone\u00ae wall veneer products, mortar may be applied to the entire back of each stone individually, or applied directly onto the installation &hellip; 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