Stone Veneer House Corner Styles

Corner Mold Variety of Effects

• Especially handy for do-it-yourself projects, manufacturers like Stone Caster Studio LLC provide website directions for making a basic stone veneer mix from concrete. The video directions illustrate the step-by-step process. Pigments added to the molds at the start of the process result in stone veneer forms with different colors. House corner molds have to hold the weight of the concrete poured into them yet be flexible enough to release the finished corners easily and without breakage. One corner mold can produce approximately one linear foot of stone veneer.

Natural Stone Thickness

• The corners of houses built of natural stone over the centuries did not meet a minimum thickness requirement, of course. Early construction stone was often several feet thick. Such gargantuan proportions lasted through the early 20th century, when a standard thickness between 8 and 12 inches emerged. After the Great Depression, stone veneers came into use, growing progressively thinner to an average of 2 inches or less. Natural stone veneer corners provide an attractive appearance with curb appeal using real stone at a competitive cost.

Where Weight Is a Factor

• Where weight is a factor, some construction or retrofit projects cannot accommodate full-thickness building stone. Such projects benefit from thin veneer sheets placed together to generate the appearance of thick wall stone. These veneer stone corners are about 1.75 inches thick with a variance of approximately plus or minus a quarter-inch. They come in 1,000-lb. crates, each crate yielding about 50 linear feet of corners. Among the available styles is Chocolate Gray, which runs from dark gray with brown shading to whitish gray and brown, for use in snapped veneer corners and irregular corners. Black Regency also called Ebony Crystal is an alternative, offering black stone with a high concentration of mica and rust tones.

Multiple Styles

• “Made in America” defines the construction of houses using stone materials from U.S. quarries. From Maryland come corners of thin veneer incorporating a full array of natural stones in brown, blue, gray and green colors with vertical and horizontal cleavages. From Texas come “L” corner veneer sheets with thicknesses of 1 inch to 1.25 inches. They come in colors such as Cordoba Cream, Fossil Mix, Antique Mix and Tuscany. Wisconsin is home to precision-cut stone veneer products in a wide array of colors and textures. Southern Minnesota provides thin veneer stone corners featuring mosaic, veneer split face, veneer rustic and sawn ashlar. From Virginia comes the MasterCut line of natural stone veneer corners that look like natural stone and are easy to install. The line includes Copper Bay, which combines earth tones cut from quartzite. Southern Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania are other producers of thin veneer corners available by special order.