Manufactured stone
Manufactured stone veneer and architectural concrete, cast in Jacó. Matching corner pieces across every line.
Natural stone
Costa Rican quarry stone cut to order: irregular, rectangular multi-use and thin veneer panels.
Manufactured stone veneer and architectural concrete, cast in Jacó. Matching corner pieces across every line.
Costa Rican quarry stone cut to order: irregular, rectangular multi-use and thin veneer panels.
In Costa Rica a thin stone wall panel is called a fachaleta. It is a format, not a material — you can get it in natural stone and in manufactured stone alike.
That is the thing most comparisons get wrong. The real choice is not "panel or stone", it is manufactured or natural.
Veneer panels are cut from Piedra Laja in yellow, white, black, red, jade green, two-tone, wood-look and pizarra; from mollejón; from sánchez; and from coralina.
Every Deco Rock line is effectively a veneer panel system — thin enough to fix over render, with the crucial addition of matching corner pieces. See QuickFit, ThinStone and the brick styles.
Panels go on over cured, clean render with Bondex or Deco Rock mortar, much like tile. Start at the corners and work along the flats, alternating piece lengths so no visible pattern repeats. See the installation guide.
The Costa Rican term for a thin stone wall panel. It is a format rather than a material — both natural and manufactured stone are supplied as veneer panels.
No. Panel describes the thin format; manufactured describes how the stone was made. You can buy natural stone panels and manufactured stone panels.
In natural laja: yellow, white, black, red, jade green, two-tone, wood-look and pizarra. In manufactured lines, tone is cast to an approved sample.
Yes, both types. For heavy exposure choose laja among the natural stones, or any of the manufactured lines.
Thin stone veneer panels in Costa Rica: what fachaleta is, which types and colours exist in natural and manufactured stone, and how it is installed.
Tell us the look you are after and we will send options in both natural and manufactured.
