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StonePly Stone Toilet, Urinal, and Privacy Partitions

StonePly Stone Partitions are the perfect addition to upscale restrooms in hotels, retail stores, casinos, resorts, spas, office buildings, universities, townhouses, and condos. StonePly offers toilet partitions, urinal partitions, privacy partitions, shower partitions, and dressing room partitions. Choose from three elegant designs: floor to ceiling, floor and overhead brace, or ceiling hung stalls. With [...]

StonePly Stone Panel Elevator Flooring

StonePly has a lightweight solution for not only elevator walls but elevator flooring. Traditional elevator flooring can be slow and labor intensive to install. It requires a lot of substructure and using mortar to secure the tiles can be messy and add unnecessary weight. The biggest advantage to StonePly stone panel elevator flooring is that [...]

StonePly Stone Panel Corner Joints

StonePly stone panels offers two different joints that can be used where the outside corners ajoin. The first and most common joint is a quirk miter joint. This joint is formed by two stone panels at an outside corner where the meeting edges are mitered and the edges are exposed and finished. The joint is [...]

Prepanelized Systems

StonePly Lightweight Stone Panels can be made and installed in a variety of ways. Smaller panels can be preassembled in our factory into larger pieces for easier installation. StonePly works closely with the customer to acheive the dimensions needed for the prepanelized systems.

Which Backing and Installation Method is Best for your Project?

What is the best backing option and installation method is best for my project?? StonePly Co. gets this question at least once a day. Depending on whether the project is interior or exterior will typically dictate what type of backing to use and the installation method needed. Interior Use If the stone panel project is [...]

Joint Options for StonePly Stone Panels

StonePly Stone Panel Joint Options A joint is the gap between StonePly stone panels and an adjoining material or the gap between two StonePly panels. StonePly Stone Panel Cladding has two different joint systems available. Joint sizes range from 3/8″ to 1/2″. Larger panels may require a larger joint size to compensate for building movement, [...]

StonePly Panel Benefits

What are the benefits of using StonePly natural stone panels vs. full slab stone? Lower Weight StonePly natural stone panels only weigh about 3.5 pounds per square foot. StonePly thin stone panels weigh 80 percent less than thick stone panels making them superior to thick, heavy stone panels. Higher Strength StonePly stone panel cladding consists [...]

StonePly Backing Options

Backing Substrates StonePly offers three types of backing substrates to strengthen thin stone panels. 1. StonePly HC is an aluminum backing shaped like a honeycomb matrix. This is the strongest and most rigid backing StonePly offers. StonePly HC is perfect for exterior stone cladding panels. The Z Clip , plate and screw, or interlocking channel [...]

StonePly Attachement Methods

Attachment Methods for StonePly Thin Stone Panels StonePly® stone panels have four basic attachment methods: -Interlocking Channel -Z Clip -Plate and Screw -Adhesive In the interlocking channel installation method, an aluminum channel track is attached to the substrate with screws. Attached to the panels is also an aluminum channel. The panel channel interlocks with the [...]

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Deterioration Of Marble Facades And Problems With Failed Stone Cladding: The Problem And The Solution

by koconnell

Problems with marble cladding can include bowing, expansion, loss of strength, cracking, and even detachment from the building. Here we will address the cause of and solution to hysteresis and marble facade failure. If you are involved with a natural stone cladding or facade project that needs restoration, or you are an architect, engineer, owner, [...]

Marble on Glass: Translucent Natural Stone Panels

by koconnell

StonePly’s lightweight natural stone panels that are made using granite and other opaque stones are often bonded to an ultra-strong and durable aluminum honeycomb matrix. When natural stone panels are made using translucent stones such as marble, however, the best way to showcase them is to let light shine through. In these situations, StonePly’s translucent [...]

Illuminated, Backlit Honey Onyx in StonePly

by koconnell

Interior designers, business owners, and other individuals who seek out high-end stone with a distinctive appearance are likely familiar with honey onyx. It has the dramatic banding and lines found in all varieties of onyx, as well as a deep yellow hue that can envelop an entire room in a warm glow when illuminated. With [...]

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StonePly Stone Toilet, Urinal, and Privacy Partitions

StonePly Stone Panel Elevator Flooring

StonePly Stone Panel Corner Joints

Prepanelized Systems

Which Backing and Installation Method is Best for your Project?

Joint Options for StonePly Stone Panels

StonePly Panel Benefits

StonePly Backing Options

StonePly Attachement Methods

Stone

Deterioration Of Marble Facades And Problems With Failed Stone Cladding: The Problem And The Solution

Marble on Glass: Translucent Natural Stone Panels

Illuminated, Backlit Honey Onyx in StonePly