The cheapest change that makes a front look like a different house. A porch column, a mailbox base, a wainscot under the windows.
How much face?
square feet
This one needs a trailer
About 934 lb of materials. That is more than one pickup load — your shopper will need a trailer, and may make 2 trips. The rental is $35.00, it goes to them in full, and we take nothing from it. Only shoppers who can tow will see the run. ⚠️ 4 items on the list have no weight on file, so the real load is a little heavier than this.
Before you start
Cutting stone throws dust and chips — goggles and a mask, every cut. This is a face applied over what is already there, and it adds real weight — if the wall behind it is not sound, that is somebody else’s job first.
It lands in the shopping form, where you can edit anything and say what you think each thing costs. Nothing is ordered until you send it.
How it goes · about a weekend · confident
Lay the stone out on the ground first and mix the boxes together, so no two same-coloured pieces end up side by side.
Put the weather barrier on, then the metal lath over it, nailed into the framing behind.
Trowel a scratch coat of mortar over the lath and let it set.
Butter the back of each stone and work bottom to top, corners first if there are any.
Fill the joints with the grout bag, let it firm up, then brush it back and seal the face once it is dry.