Barrette de Ladoix cladding on a façade in Chalon-sur-Saône

The project

In Chalon-sur-Saône, the owners of a recent house wanted to clad the gable visible from the street, to break up the uniform render.

The choices

They chose Barrette de Ladoix cladding, limestone cut into elongated strips, with corner pieces for the gable edges.

Natural stone cladding brings the texture and shades of a stone wall, in a thin format that is bonded to an existing wall. It suits façades, low walls and gate pillars as well as interior walls.

Installation

A local façade contractor laid the cladding from scaffolding in about a week and a half.

Cladding is bonded from the bottom up to a sound, clean and flat substrate (concrete, block, cement render) with an adhesive suited to outdoor use and natural stone. Where the range includes them, corner pieces give the edges the look of solid stone.

The result

About 30 m² of cladding that give depth to the façade, with corners that look like solid stone.

A natural stone clad wall needs no special maintenance; a water-repellent can be applied to faces exposed to rain to limit staining.