Bring Real Drama to Your Remodeling Project with Boral Cultured Stone Veneers

The world’s leading producer of manufactured stone veneer products, Boral has developed its state-of-the-art Cultured Stone® to be a beautiful, durable, and practical solution for any architectural project. With a broad range of stone types, textures, and colors, Cultured Stone veneers perform well in both exterior and interior settings to provide an elegant, stately appearance.

Cultured Stone offers all of the aesthetic advantages of natural stone but is less costly and far easier to apply. The product is engineered to impart the same appearance and surface texture as natural stone products like marble, limestone, slate, sandstone and more. A range of colors and shapes will allow the homeowner to reimagine a fireplace, an interior wall, outdoor living areas, and more.

ProCoat Systems of Denver is a significant distributor of Boral Cultured Stone products.

Advantages of Boral Cultured Stone Veneers

Besides reducing the project cost and labor intensity required to install, Boral Cultured Stone veneers offer:

• Durability
• Low-maintenance
• Value
• Sustainability

Cultured Stone Options

Significant home remodeling projects usually begin with identifying a color scheme and combination of textures that are compatible with the homeowner’s vision. Using cultured stone veneer to clad a fireplace as a focal point for changing the mood of a room is typical. Whether the fireplace is covered with a stately light-colored stone or red brick veneer or is dry stacked with a lodge-like multi colored ledgestone can make a notable difference in the room’s atmosphere.

As the dominant feature of the room, the rest of the decorating scheme will be selected to complement the Cultured Stone selection.

ProCoat’s menu of Boral Cultured Stone veneer styles includes:

• Cobblestone
• Coralstone
• Country Ledgestone
• Dressed Fieldstone
• Drystack Ledgestone
• European Castlestone
• Limestone
• Old Country Fieldstone
• River Rock
• Hewn Stone
• Cultured Brick
• Rockface
• Streamstone
• Sculpted Ashlar
• And more

Colors range from white to nearly black with textures from rough to smooth.

Contact ProCoat Systems for More Information Regarding Boral Cultured Stone Veneers

The range of manufactured stone products from Boral is impressive. The company has been a creative innovator with new and exciting products for a wide range of uses.

ProCoat Systems specializes in state-of-the-art options for internal and exterior claddings and have broad experience working with Boral Cultured Stone products.

For details and installation information about Cultured Stone veneer by Boral, call the specialists at ProCoat Systems of Denver at 303-322-9009.

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A Scientific Solution to Energy Efficiency

Although EIFS coating systems have been around for decades, the methods continue to improve. Originally developed in Europe,  EIFS, Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems, has evolved into a perfect insulating, moisture resistant, and durable cladding for any structure.

An important supplier-partner of ProCoat Systems of Denver is STO Corp, the global leader in continuous insulation systems. These companies provide EIFS component materials including air and moisture barriers, backup wall systems, and StoTherm® ci continuous insulation systems to enhance energy efficiency.

The key to EIFS  construction is the sequencing of several layers of different materials strategically incorporated in a specific order. Each layer has a definite purpose that includes resisting energy loss, inhibiting and carrying away moisture, and adding strength and durability to the wall. The exterior layer is a specially designed acrylic stucco-like finish.

EIFS is a non-load bearing wall structure designed to reduce energy loss for commercial and residential structures.

Layers of EIFS

From the inside out, a finished EIFS layering system consists of a reinforcing mesh and an inner gypsum board layer attached with an adhesive to a plywood substrate of the building wall. Adhesives should be used instead of metal fasteners at each step since metal is an efficient energy conductor.

• A reinforcing mesh is applied to the substrate.
• Drainage plane to eliminate moisture that may penetrate to this level is next.The gap is created by applying house wrap, felt, or trowel application.
• An insulation board is placed securely over the reinforcing mesh. The thickness of the insulation board can vary from ¾” to 4-inches depending upon the degree of energy retention desired.
• A prescribed base coat is applied over the insulation board to act as a moisture barrier. This material provides the outer moisture barrier to the system.
• Press mesh material into the base coat so that it is invisible within the base coat material. Once the base coat and mesh have dried, a primer coat may be added to increase protection.
• A durable, acrylic-based, crack resistant exterior coating is applied. While the finished exterior layer has the appearance of stucco, it is designed to last longer, be moisture resistant while providing a beautiful and classic outer appearance.

Contact ProCoat Systems for EIFS Details

For questions regarding the application of EIFS systems, contact the building cladding experts at ProCoat in Denver. You can find more information at their website http://www.procoatsystems.com.

Call today at 303-322-9009.

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Stone Veneer… A Popular Retaining Wall Material

Retaining walls are practical additions to a property. While these usually serve a utilitarian purpose, they do not have to look and feel like the exterior of a prison. Interesting shapes, colors, and designs by adding natural stone veneer cladding can provide a beautiful and dramatic backdrop or partition to a nicely landscaped area.

Retaining walls compensate for sudden elevation changes by eliminating erosion and thereby adding usable terraced space to a landscape. Older retaining walls made from concrete may still be sturdy and serviceable but usually become stained and unattractive from years of service.

Sometimes owners ponder the choice between resurfacing an existing wall or removing it and building a new one. The choice is usually to rebuild with concrete or to create a new masonry stone wall. While whole stone can be more attractive than concrete if built correctly, the process is far more expensive and time-consuming.

The best option, in this case,  is to build a solid retaining wall with concrete, then clad the finished structure with high-quality natural stone veneer.

Resurfacing an Existing Retaining Wall

It is essential to ensure that an existing wall has maintained its strength and integrity before thinking about resurfacing with natural stone veneer. Cladding a concrete retaining wall with beautiful and stately natural stone veneer is an option that upgrades both the appearance of the wall and the overall appeal of your landscape.

Building a New Wall

If you have doubts about the stability or future of an existing retaining wall, you should replace it. After removing the current structure, building a new concrete wall is not complicated. Once the wall is in place and fully cured, adding a beautiful natural stone veneer is the perfect choice to upgrade your landscape.

What Natural Stone Veneer Styles are Available to Cover a Retaining Wall?

ProCoat Systems offers a wide range of high-quality natural stone veneers for exterior use. Easy to apply and affordable, installing stone veneer is far less labor intensive than working with whole stone.

Available natural stone veneer styles from ProCoat and their partner, Realstone Systems, include:

• Estate Stone  
• Ledgestone
• Shadowstone
• Thinstone
• Accentstone

The styles of stone veneer come in a variety of colors that include:

• Arctic White
• Chiseled Silver
• Alabaster
• Berkshire Buff
• Greystone Gold
• Terracotta
• Somerset Sage
• Bristol Black
• Charcoal
• Midnight Sky

Contact ProCoat Systems of Denver

ProCoat of Denver works with the world’s leading producers of natural and cultured stone veneers. Beautiful, and long-lasting, these materials add real beauty to your landscape.

If you have questions regarding these applications or more, call the representatives at ProCoat Systems at (303)-322-9009.

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Patio Paver Designs That Complement Your Outdoor Living Area

Upgrading your outdoor space with beautiful and durable patio pavers adds richness and value to your home. The material, color, and texture you choose for your exterior improvement can make a notable difference in the impression you wish to convey. Whether you decide between brick or stone hardscapes, tumbled or smooth, slate or flagstone, your choices should always compliment the style of your home or building.

Of equal significance in your patio paver choices is the design pattern. Paver design should also complement home features without “clashing” with other elements of the exterior. Paver patterns can notably impact the overall beauty and interest of your outdoor oasis.

As with any other home improvement project, the key is to plan ahead and visualize the area as an artist would imagine a work of art. Envision the area to be paved in different looks and patterns and try to imagine how you would like the final result. Consult with experts like ProCoat Systems in Denver and check out other projects to determine what might work best.

Practice different patterns in advance to help visualize the result.

After all, your patio will become an integral part of your property, much as the siding and roofing, and can help or even hurt the value of your home.

Patio Paver Designs to Think About

Depending on the area to be paved, homeowners may choose to be conservative in their hardscape design. Alternatively, they may wish to integrate artistic patterns that may be more eye-catching but require considerably more time, effort, and expense to execute.

Conventional, yet frequently used  patterns for patio pavers are:

• Runner-type Pattern: rectangular and square pavers placed in a linear, offset pattern in parallel rows.
• Herringbone Pattern: brick paver rows run at a 45-degree orientation with each alternating brick at 90 degrees to the previous in a fishbone or herringbone pattern
• Random Pattern: while not truly random, square and rectangular pavers are interlocked in a right-angled, repeating pattern from beginning to end.

Curving and bordering are additional considerations for paving projects. Creating a curved pattern for your patio or installing a meandering paver pathway to the patio or deck requires some exceptional skill in cutting and shaping individual pavers. Finishing with a clean, smooth line is essential.

Bordering the entire patio with a different color paver can give the patio or walkway a more elegant and finished appearance.

Contact ProCoat Systems in Denver

ProCoat Systems offers a complete range of world-class paver products. Depending on the type or style of your home and projected patio, ProCoat will have the best option. Check out the stone and masonry products and paver ideas on the ProCoat website to help in your selection.

For more information, call the experts at ProCoat Systems at (303)-322-9009.

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Add Elegance with Exterior Stone Veneer Applications

Whether with real or manufactured stone veneer, homeowners can add grandeur and permanence to the exterior of their home. Stone cladding columns, exterior walls, seating surfaces, and outdoor fireplaces creates a natural surrounding for entertainment and relaxation.

Home Exterior Stone Veneer Cladding

A home with new partial or complete stone veneer cladding takes on a whole new personality. In a neighborhood with many wood, metal, or even brick-sided homes that are similar, a freshly clad stone exterior, partial or complete, adds value and a notable curb appeal enhancement.

A stone archway over an entry, for example, can stateliness and charm to an otherwise neutral façade.

Genuine and manufactured stone veneers are available in many shapes, styles, and colors. Dry stack or mortar applied, styles of ledgestone, granite, cobblestone, or other products may be smooth or split-faced for greater texture. The colors range from very dark to nearly white with a huge variety of shades in between. 

Stone veneers are less costly and easier to install than the traditional stonework that once required on-site cutting, shaping, and fitting by professional masons. The stone veneers are pre-cut to a thickness of only a few inches, yet provide the same durability and sturdiness as whole stone applications.

Also, exterior stone veneers applied to the home can increase the energy efficiency by adding another layer of installation and moisture resistance.

Patios and Outside Fireplaces

Landscaping is more than bushes, plants, and a nice yard. Sprucing up the exterior oasis with stone features adds drama and a natural enclave for family and friends. Even the walls and seating areas on and around the patio or deck can be clad in stone veneer products.

Don’t forget stone veneer cladding for the columns and pillars that dramatically punctuate the entertainment area by adding a vertical dimension to the space.

Contact ProCoat of Denver

ProCoat Systems of Denver works with the finest, world-class manufacturers of genuine and manufactured stone veneers. These innovative products have come a long way since the original “cookie-cutter” veneers of years past. With a broad range of styles, colors and textures, stone veneers today are extremely durable, beautiful, cost-efficient, and easier to install.

For information and a menu of options regarding exterior stone veneer stone choices, check with the experts at ProCoat Systems in Denver. You can learn more by visiting the ProStone Systems website, or phone today at (303)-322-9009.

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Interior Stone Veneer Applications

The beauty and elegance of a stone veneer interior wall establishes a tone of warmth and comfort that painted surfaces cannot. On a fireplace surround, a well-chosen stone cladding imparts that lodge-like appeal that is perfectly suited to relaxing with a book or enjoying the company of friends and family.

Even in the kitchen as an attention-grabbing accent, a beautiful stone veneer backsplash can change the entire mood of the room and add that touch of class to a previously dull food preparation and gathering space.

Stone Veneers for Interior Applications

Many of the natural and manufactured stone veneers used for exteriors are also appropriate for internal use.

ProCoat of Denver offers the finest stone veneer products for new construction and remodeling. Whether your preference is for natural or manufactured stone veneers, ProCoat offers a range of products to fit any taste and budget. Because the veneers are often only 2” thick, they provide a real perception of substantiality and depth while minimizing the minor space reduction resulting from the additional thickness added to the fireplace.

Fireplace Surrounds and Mantels

Probably more than any other area of their homes, most often homeowners have embraced resurfacing fireplaces and mantels with stone veneer. Relatively easy to install and economical, high-quality stone veneer is available in many shades, textures, colors, and natural stone types.

A new stone veneer fireplace surround can be reinvented with veneers made from natural marble, limestone, ledgestone, or slate. These are pieces produced from genuine stone cut thin for easy application.

Manufactured stone veneers like Coronado products or Cultured Stone® from Boral replicate the same characteristics as natural stone veneers.

Walls and Walkways

Stone veneer walls at entryways provide a dramatic introduction to a home. Rooms take on a cozier, more elegant feel when a stone veneer accent wall brings texture to a bare room.

And, homeowners may consider creating a softly lighted, natural spa ambiance by adding a veneer stone wall to their master bath. 

Stone Veneer Backsplashes

In the bathroom or kitchen, a stone veneer backsplash with smaller diameter stones or even a mosaic veneer can be a stunning accent to the area while protecting the other surfaces from splashes and drips. 

Contact ProCoat of Denver

For more information regarding stone veneer products for your interior space, check out the ProCoat Systems’ website. Here you will find new ideas and applications that will be ideal for many homeowners.

Phone the experts at ProCoat at (303).322.9009 for more information.

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What is Manufactured Stone Veneer?

For clients looking for all the beautiful and dramatic appeal of interior stone walls and fireplace surrounds, today’s stunning manufactured stone products can be the right answer. Slightly lighter in weight, easier to install, and as beautiful as natural stone, manufactured stone offers a long-lasting and economical solution. With a wide range of choice in color, texture, shape, and stone type, these beautiful products provide design flexibility and visual appeal unmatched by other types of wall coverings.

Not sure about manufactured stone? The highest quality manufactured stone veneer products are not the “faux stone” of old and come with natural shapes, textures, and colors plus extra weight to impart a truly natural feel. Even upon close examination, the most beautiful manufactured stone veneers, once installed, are difficult to differentiate from genuine stone veneers.

What Makes Up Manufactured Stone Products?

Manufactured stone is made from various combinations of Portland cement, aggregates, iron oxides and other components that determine the color and visual texture. The cement provides stability and substance, while the aggregates, iron oxide, and other materials define the weight and the shade.

How Thick are Manufactured Stone Veneers?

Stone veneers for exterior use may be over two inches thick to impart a sense of strength and stability. Inside the walls or fireplace, a three-inch veneer would tend to “steal” some of the room’s cubic space when applied over an existing surface. Therefore, stone veneer for interior use might be 2” thick or less.

Dry or Mortared Stacking

In recent decades, “dry stacking” any masonry products has become very popular. Dry stacking means the blocks are placed on top of each other without spacing or the use of mortar. Mortared stacking is the traditional method of placement using mortar between each piece.

Either method may be used for installing manufactured stone surfaces.

Highest Quality Brands of Manufactured Stone Veneers

ProCoat Systems of Denver works with only with world-class manufacturers for their building and cladding products. Among the top manufactured stone veneers products are:

Cultured Stone® Veneer: Produced by Boral, premium quality stone veneer available in many textures and colors

Coronado Veneer: Quality manufacturer with a broad range of products.

ProStone® Veneer: Also a Boral product, produced with fewer choices to offer a value priced option.

ProCoat Systems’ Manufactured Stone Products

For more information regarding ProCoat’s range of manufactured stone veneers, phone the professionals at ProCoat Systems at (303)-322-9009.

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