Field Stone - Midnight

Hi! We are building a few retaining walls on our property and are looking at using your veneers on a cinder block wall. We are interested in the hackett style. I was thinking we could use the field stone as a wall cap, but I noticed that it does not come in all the colors that hackett does. I am going to be ordering some samples but wanted to ask if the field stone might be available by custom order in some other colors before I made a decision. The 4 colors I am looking at are kona and midnight, which I saw are available in field stone, and buck mountain and granite, which are not. Thanks so much for your help!

Thank you for your question and interest in our stone veneer. We can produce field stone in any of the colors we offer. If you decide to use it field stone as a capstone, we recommend using a concrete sealer as our stone veneer is intended to be installed vertically. A concrete sealer is not required, however, sealing with a concrete sealer will add protection especially over the mortar joints. Please keep in mind that different concrete sealers will affect the appearance of the stone veneer. A matte (or flat) finish will have little to know impact to the finished look of the stone veneer whereas a gloss finish will darken the stone veneer and have a wet look. We recommend testing your concrete sealer on a piece of stone veneer that has not been installed to ensure you are happy with the finished appearance after applying concrete sealer. We offer capstones in various sizes that work great for this application. Please feel free to email us at info@mountainviewstone.net and we can provide you more information on our capstones. Please let us know if you have any more questions.

What do you recommend for an adhesive for the rock going on exterior block work of house? What would you recommend for interior install over rock board on fireplace?

Thank you for your question and interest in our stone veneer. Our installation instructions can be downloaded at https://mountainviewstone.net/pages/post-purchase-support. For the surface prep, which is the most important step, you will need to install a moisture barrier and then install wire lath over that. Make sure the nails or screws for wire lath hit studs to ensure a good foundation. Your scratch coat goes over the wire lath and then the stone veneer. We recommend our stone veneer and brick veneer be installed with Type S mortar. Mortar is recommended for installation opposed to an adhesive as mortar is cheaper than adhesive, and when installing with an adhesive you must hold the stone in place until the adhesive sets which really slows down installation time, whereas mortar instantly holds. Please let us know if you have any more questions.