Installation Guide

PANEL INSTALLATION

SLATESTONE PANEL

Metal Starter Strip - Determine at what height above grade level you want the panel to

sit. Measure up 2 ¾" from this point and strike a level line. (Fig. 1)

Determine which type of wall installation is required.

1) Paneling the wall using Window Door Trim as termination

molding.

Install Window and Door Trim (WDT) to both ends of the wall.

Insert panel into starter strip and slide behind WDT. Attach to the

wall using the screw indicator marks on the top and right end

tongues. (Fig. 2) Firmly press the next panel against the first panel

and repeat working left to right. At the end of the course; cut the

right end of the final panel to fit behind WDT. Use the drop off

from that panel to start the new row behind the left end WDT. If

necessary, cut some additional length from the off fall pieces on

some rows to prevent panel ends from lining up vertically.

2) Paneling a wall using a WDT as a termination molding on the left

Dry fit the first corner into the starter strip. Secure with screws if necessary. Moving from right

to left: dry fit panels tightly across the wall. Cut the left end of the final panel behind the

Window Door Trim or flush to the wall. If not using WDT, remove the dry fit panels and corner

piece. Panel the wall from left to right. Reattach corner over right panel. Repeat on each row.

3) Paneling a wall with outside corners on the right and left

Dry fit Slatestone Corners on the left and right. Secure panels moving towards the

center from both directions. Cut a panel to meet the remaining measurement. Finger

joints on either the left panel or the right panel will need to be cut to accommodate the

final cut piece. Secure the cut piece into the allotted space and screw in to secure all

panels. Using the fall off of cut panel, secure the finger joints on the end to other left or

right corner and begin the next course as described above. (Fig. 2)

*Finger joints can be cut on both panels (See figure 6 on

page 24) to accommodate a cut piece.

4) Dry fit panels from left to right

Cut first panel on the left to fit flush against the left wall. The

final panel in the course may need to be cut to fit properly flush

to the “right” wall. Us the off cut panel to begin the second

course at the left. Repeat this method to complete your wall.

Important: Drive the first screw on the right hand side of

the panel at a 45 degree angle to the left in order to

tighten the panel into adjacent the panel, corner or wall.

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