Stone Veneers in DeSoto

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. A stone veneer updates the front of the house or wraps a backyard feature for far less than rebuilding in full stone, and it's one of the more practical upgrades you can make, value you see 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's the richer, longer-lasting face. Manufactured stone is cast and colored to look like stone, weighs less, costs less, and gives you a consistent look that's easier on the budget, which suits a lot of DeSoto facades and surrounds.

Both are thin veneers set against the wall, and both look right when they're installed right. We bring samples and hold them against your brick and trim in daylight.

The part that separates a veneer that lasts from one that fails is the moisture detailing behind it, invisible once the stone is up. Water gets behind exterior stone, so the wall needs a weather-resistant barrier, a drainage layer to run the water down, and weep vents at the base so it escapes.

There are two looks in how the stone goes up. One leaves a visible joint between stones, set with a grout line, the traditional appearance. Dry-stack sets the stone tight with the joints raked back so it reads as a wall of stone with almost no joint showing, a cleaner, more current look that suits columns and modern facades.

We match the pattern and the stone to the house, whether it's a full facade, a pair of porch columns, a chimney chase, or the face of a backyard outdoor kitchen.

Most jobs run several days to a couple of weeks depending on size, whether it's a full facade or a single column or chimney surround.

Many DeSoto owners veneer a chimney or columns while we're building a retaining wall or an outdoor kitchen so it's one crew on one stone palette. We cover DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and southern Dallas County. Ask for a free on-site estimate. We measure it, we quote it.