Stone veneer changes how a house reads from the street. Ram Masonry installs stone veneer across Las Vegas and the whole valley. We do full stone facades on custom homes, plus accents on entries, columns, and gable ends. Inside, we set feature walls in living rooms and media walls that frame a TV. Most Vegas homes are stucco over frame or block. Stone veneer goes on over that wall with lath, mortar, and hand-set pieces. Done right, it holds through 110 degree summers and monsoon rain. Done wrong, it comes loose in sheets. We build it to stay put.
Juan Delgadillo, who goes by Junior, runs the crew and works on site. Ram Masonry has been in business since 2014. Junior brought decades of hands-on masonry work with him before that. We hold a Nevada C-18 masonry license, number 0080771, and we carry bond and insurance. We take residential and commercial stone veneer jobs anywhere in Clark County. That covers Henderson, North Las Vegas, Summerlin, Enterprise, Spring Valley, Paradise, and Boulder City. Call (702) 769-4416 for a free estimate on your stone veneer project.
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Stone veneer is a thin facing set on the wall with mortar. It holds no load. The prep behind it decides how long it lasts.
On stucco or framed walls, we start with two layers of water-resistant barrier. A weep screed goes at the base, at least four inches above soil. Metal lath comes next, fastened to the studs. Then a scratch coat of mortar about half an inch thick, raked wet so the stone has something to grab.
Block walls take mortar directly once the surface is clean and rough. Stone goes up the next day. We butter the back of each piece and press it in with a small twist. Corners go first, then the flat field.
Summer heat pulls water out of mortar fast. We mist the scratch coat and the back of every stone. Over 90 degrees we work the shaded side and start early. Mortar that dries too fast ends up weak.
We also fix stone veneer that is coming loose. Tap it, and a hollow sound means the bond let go. Water behind the stone or a scratch coat that never bonded causes most of it. We pull the bad section and reset it.
Natural stone veneer is real rock cut thin. The color runs all the way through, so desert sun will not change it. It costs more per square foot and takes longer to set, since no two pieces match.
Manufactured stone veneer is molded concrete with pigment mixed in. It weighs less and costs less, and the even sizes speed up the install. The tradeoff shows on sun-facing walls. Pigment sits near the surface, and years of hard UV can lighten dark colors.
Both work in this climate. A common split is natural stone at the entry, where people stand close, and manufactured stone on the wide walls. Full-thickness stone is heavier, and it needs its own footing.
Most houses in the valley are stucco in a few builder colors. Stone veneer is the fastest way to break that up. A stone wainscot across the front changes the face of the house.
Stone reads right on the Tuscan and desert styles built through Summerlin, Henderson, and the newer masterplans. Warm tan and rust tones sit next to tile roofs and desert plants without fighting them.
Inside, a stone feature wall gives a big room something to look at. Media walls are our most common indoor request. Stone runs floor to ceiling behind the TV. Fireplace and BBQ island stone are on their own pages.
Check your HOA before you order stone. Summerlin villages and most valley masterplans want written approval for an exterior change. Review can run 30 to 45 days.
We price stone veneer by the square foot of finished wall. The stone itself is the biggest swing. Manufactured stone sits at the low end. Hand-cut natural stone sits well above it.
Labor follows the shape of the wall. A flat field wall goes fast. Archways, columns, window returns, and outside corners need cut pieces and more hands, so they cost more per foot.
Height moves the number, since anything past one story needs scaffolding. Tearing off failed stone veneer and fixing the wall behind it adds cost.
We measure the wall, price the stone you picked, and put it in writing. The estimate is free.
Junior runs every stone veneer job on site. The person who quotes your wall is the person setting stone on it.
We carry the Nevada C-18 masonry license, number 0080771, plus bond and insurance. You can look the license up with the Nevada State Contractors Board. We take residential and commercial stone veneer work.
Our stone veneer work here includes full home exteriors, archway entries, stacked stone planter walls, and interior media walls. Brick, block walls, pavers, concrete, and outdoor kitchens have their own pages.
Call (702) 769-4416 for a free estimate on stone veneer installation. We work Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Paradise, Spring Valley, Enterprise, Summerlin, and Boulder City.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Las Vegas and the whole valley.
(702) 769-4416From the first look at the site to the final walk-through, here is exactly how it goes.
Call or send the form, and photos by text get a fast first read. For a firm number we come out, measure the run, and check what sits under the job: grade, access, caliche, old work.
You get a written price and timeline before any work starts. If a permit or engineering applies, the estimate says so. Repair and rebuild get quoted as separate numbers when both are on the table.
Footings dug to bearing and inspected, rebar and grout in the cells, base compacted before concrete, mortar kept from drying too fast in the heat. The parts you never see get built like the parts you do.
We walk the finished work with you: walls plumb, joints full, slabs draining the right way, site cleaned up. Done means you have looked at every part of it and said so.
Common questions about stone across Las Vegas and the whole valley. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.
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A wall that worries you, a driveway past its best, or a backyard ready to become the good part of the house? Call or send the form and we will look at the site with you and hand you a straight written quote.
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