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Veneer construction and method of achieving same

  • US 4,920,716 A
  • Filed: 06/09/1988
  • Issued: 05/01/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of veneering a wall with a plurality of facing units, comprising:

  • fastening reinforcing mesh having a plurality of parallel outwardly extending ridge configurations to said wall, said ridge configurations being positioned to form horizontal barriers in the mesh, when so fastened which barriers define horizontally extending troughs sized to accommodate the facing units in horizontal rows flanked by said barriers;

    mortaring the facing units in aligned positions in said troughs with their bottom edges oriented just above the lower ridge configurations of the troughs and the mortar embedding the reinforcing mesh therebehind and adhering to the wall; and

    subsequently pointing the spaces between said facing units with grout so that the grout embeds the ridge configuration barriers flanking the rows of facing units;

    whereby said reinforcing mesh binds the resulting veneer construction together to prevent the fall of a facing unit even if its mortar bond with the wall comes loose.

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