Grouted vs. dry-stack stone veneer — the effect on stone and mortar quantities

Dry-stack packs 10–22% more stone into the same square foot than a grouted-packaged profile and needs no jointing mortar — so the calculator adds a tight-fit uplift and zeroes the jointing bags for dry-stack.

Two swatches of stone veneer side by side. The grouted swatch has half-inch mortar joints and needs jointing mortar at about one bag per hundred square feet. The dry-stack swatch has tight joints, needs no jointing mortar, and fits 10 to 22 percent more stone per square foot. For dry-stack the calculator adds a tight-fit stone uplift and sets jointing mortar to zero. — Source: Cultured Stone tight-fit coverage note · Donley Brick jointing yield

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Two swatches of stone veneer side by side. The grouted swatch has half-inch mortar joints and needs jointing mortar at about one bag per hundred square feet. The dry-stack swatch has tight joints, needs no jointing mortar, and fits 10 to 22 percent more stone per square foot. For dry-stack the calculator adds a tight-fit stone uplift and sets jointing mortar to zero.

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