NovikStone Dry Stack Installation (English)

Short, informative video showing step by step installation instructions for NovikStone's Dry Stack profile. (English)

[pappacass]

The actual panels are a bit pricey but the starter strip is grand larceny... $180 for a 72" strip? How is that possible.?

[panddmorales]

Although it is somewhat "easy' to install, there some shortfalls. Such as no 45 degree corners available, supplies seem to run low in most stores( mostly special order with the corresponding wait time). Expensive.
This material is best suited for creating a feature wall.

[Tiersmoke]

What if you starting row can't be level can you trim the starting row to fit?

[rotorway]

Just finished hiding our house's ugly brick facade with Novik Artisan Cut. What Novik never mention: everytime you cut a panel horizontaly, the part that you cut off is 100% wasted. We bought 30 pieces. According to our calculations, we only needed 25. Well....we bought 43 panels in total. Going around doors, windows, garage doors...etc wastes a lot of panel. Also, here in Canada, their distribution totally sucks. Novik sales to Mitten and Mitten sales to the hardware store. Everyone takes a cuts. Some details on panels mechanical engineering flaws. Also lead time is about 3 weeks!! Basically, will never use Novik products again

[Jefleopard]

Cost is prohibitive. You would think that it would be much cheaper than paying someone to install stone on your house but considering the material it is made of it’s still way too expensive and that’s why it’s not being widely used. I looked into this type of saving for my house. It’s just made of a hard Styrofoam.

[rbtdoster]

We're using this on our front porch. We have a large ledge on the "railing" portion of our porch and this product will slide up to the bottom of that railing area - Do I need to install a J channel or can I just nail the top piece of stone in and then caulk?

[steveosman]

Is there a way to install this on a concrete wall? do I have to add vapor barrier first?

[karisherwood]

What are the width dimensions of the corner pieces?

[DarleneHanten]

can we use adhesive to apply these panels

[puddytat]

Be aware that these panels are ALL DUPLICATES. There is absolutely no variation whatsoever. All panels from the box are exactly the same. For small walls that seems to be less of an issue but if you are doing a feature wall say 12 ft or more wide then you will easily see the duplications from left to right. The video sort of shows that and even with the staggering of the panels from row to row and offsetting the starting point you simple won't be able the hide the duplication. It can be very obvious for unobstructed projects like over a garage or along the side of a home and certainly inside with feature walls.
I've installed these DS stones on exterior small sheds and recently on an interior feature wall since the light weight construction of the product is ideal. BUT the duplication I was not aware of till well into the project. SO BEWARE. The product is robust enough but from a design perspective too repetitive to be realistic.
I did leave a review on HD and the manufacturer did request me to contact them so I did. All I heard was that it was expensive to make the injection molds and the market might not really care. So I really got nowhere and the customer service guy basically said he'll bring it to the R and D department. Sadly this product has been on the market for 10 years or more and they still haven't upped their game. This needs to be at least three different variations in the box but all you get are duplicates.
There are other urethane products which have not only stone variation but also colour variation.
Sadly up here in Canada we have very limited choice .