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Stone Veneers in Denton

Stone veneer on facades, columns, chimneys, and outdoor kitchens for Denton homes, set with the drainage detailing that keeps water out.

Stone veneer puts a real stone face on a facade, a column, a chimney, or an outdoor kitchen without the cost and footing of solid masonry. In Denton the work splits between the older homes near downtown and the Square, where owners want stone that suits an established house, and the newer north subdivisions like Robson Ranch and Montecito, where a builder-grade brick front gets updated or a backyard feature gets wrapped. A stone veneer does either for far less than rebuilding in full stone, and it is value you read from the street.

The first choice is natural versus manufactured stone. Natural stone veneer is cut from real stone, so the color and texture run deep and no two pieces repeat, and it is the richer, longer-lasting face. Manufactured stone is cast and colored to look like stone, weighs less, costs less, and gives a consistent look that is easier on the budget. Both are thin veneers set against the wall rather than load-bearing, and both look right installed right. We bring samples and hold them against your brick and trim in daylight before anything is ordered.

The part that separates a veneer that lasts from one that fails is the moisture detailing behind it, and it is invisible once the stone is up. On an exterior wall, water gets behind the stone, that is a given, so the wall needs a drainage plane: a weather-resistant barrier, a way for water to run down behind the stone, and weep openings at the bottom so it escapes instead of sitting against the framing. This matters more on Denton's exposed county-fringe lots, where wind-driven rain pushes harder at a facade than it does on a sheltered suburban street. Veneer set straight onto a wall with no drainage traps water and rots the wall behind it. We install to the standards the stone industry sets.

There are two looks in how the stone goes up. Mortar-set leaves a visible grouted joint between the stones, the traditional appearance that suits an older home near downtown. Dry-stack sets the stone tight with the joints raked back so almost no mortar shows, a cleaner, more current look that suits columns and the newer north builds. Both are sound when the wall behind them is detailed right. We match the pattern and the stone to the house, whether it is a full facade, a pair of porch columns, a chimney chase, or the face of a backyard outdoor kitchen.

Stone veneer generally runs $20 to $40 per square foot installed depending on natural versus manufactured stone and the complexity of the wall, with full facades scoped by the area and surrounds by the piece. Most jobs are several days to a couple of weeks depending on size. Many Denton owners veneer a chimney or columns while we are building a retaining wall or an outdoor kitchen so it is one crew on one stone palette. We cover Denton, Argyle, Corinth, and Denton County, and set stone veneer in DeSoto too. See the rest of our stonework or what we do across Denton, and ask for a free on-site estimate. We measure it, we quote it.