I have to attach address plaques to a cultured stone wall. Any thoughts on adhesive and technigue. I don’t want to cut out the stone veneer to ahere these aluminum rectangles. I was thinking of mortaring them on or foam adhesive, something to expand and insure contact with the eneven stone surface. Thanks.
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I attached numbers a couple days ago to the front door and it looked pretty sharp I also like to attach them to the fascia.
ANDYSZ2
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3M makes adouble stick tape this some serious stuff. It's used to put body moulding on.
Get it at the auto parts store.
Or duct tape. Piffenize it.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
id probably use the epoxy that you knead together to activate the stuff. Its similiar to silly putty consistency.
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sheetrock screws. a proven method!
That's Piffenizing.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
My solution was to have the stone that went where the numbers would go engraved.. then as I laid the stone it was laid in place.
No micky mouse system that will fail for me..
the only other solution is to take a hammer drill and drill holes for anchor bolts.
Get a sign shop to make a rubber stencil and sandblast them. Permanent and classy. The applied numbers always fall off eventually.
Polarbear,
O.K., here goes with the tools you will need and the procedure to follow for a perfect job.
First; You will need a nice new hammer-don't want any rust spots from the old one to get on those stone faces.
Second; Get a laser level that spins in two directions, i.e. vertical and horizontal.
Third; You should bill the project for a new mini-excavator. This way you can establish a good pad on solid sub-soil for witch to set up the laser level. A lot of people forget this important detail.
Fourth; You must go and get a Bosch hammer drill. Don't even think of renting one. Never rent when you can own. Along with this drill you will need to get all of the bits that are offered with it, why have a tool if you don't have all of the parts to go with.
Fifth; You have got to have a new truck big enough to handle the trailer you bought with the mini-excavator. I would recommend a 1 ton with a diesel.
Sixth; Get a masonry drill bit, about a 1/4 inch and some l/4 inch bolts long enough to go through the number plate, and about and inch and a half into the stone. Drill holes, put a squirt of silicone caulk into the holes and then put the bolts into the holes in the stone( don't forget the number plate). This should hold for a long time and yet be removable.
Seven; Build yourself a nice new building to put all of your new tools in so that all of us don't show up one day and help ourselves to your toys erhh, tools.
This is a sure fire method that you must not stray from.
Curly
Restoring the past for the future.
Great post. Really doing and billing the job right!!!
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
I just hope that this stays amongst us pro types. Would hate for the general public to find out how we "make our living".<g>
Curly
Hand Hewn Restorations Inc.
Restoring the past for the future.
a laser level to align house numbers?
what is this? the stone ages?
Everyone know that you're suppose to use your GPS navigation device to align these things correctly. <g>
Edited 11/29/2003 5:56:49 PM ET by panama red
I recently used beveled cedar siding scrap and brass numbers.
This was float mounted (if that's the correct jargon) on a brick wall.
The bevel worked to my advantage because the house sits lower then street level.
Depending on the location and lighting, you may need to use a darker stain on the cedar (or other wood of your choice) for the brass numbers to stand out better.
The scrap was already coated with Flood CWF and it worked ok in my case.
The mounting block can be re-used if the board/number combination is replaced with something else.
"Cultured" stone is concrete.
Drill it with a Bulldog, stick in some Molleys, and screw it.
If the face of the 'stone' isn't flat, or not very, bed the plate in thinset before you screw it down, and then go easy on the torque.
Dinosaur
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