Please Vote On This Picture! All Welcome! Applied Veneer!

lukachuki

Ok I need some help here. In order to keep all things fair I will not comment on these photos and my purpose for posting until after the votes have been tallied.

Please vote on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being absolutely grotesque to 10 being Taj Mahal (i.e. incredible craftsmanship). Do not take into account that the project is not finished! If you strongly lean one way or the other please note in the comments as to what you see!

Any other comments are appreciated as well!

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Less with the jaw more with the paw!

TNGHomes

I dont think that looks good at all, It looks like someone took the pallet of stone and pressed it against the wall..I give a 1.5

tzzzz216

Not only does the brick work look bad, but it looks like a bar b que grill or is it ??, 10 for effort, 1 for looks .

dougchips

I will refrain from voting a just post my views.

I am not sure what "type of look" someone was going after, and what a "good" job looks like.....so my views are only my views.

The stones are not level in some places, this drives me crazy.

The seams are not staggered enough, several are almost in a straight line.

The little filler pieces look bad, really bad.

I would need to see the finished pictures to really judge.

my 2 cents.

BYW, none of this really matters, when you BBQ you llok at the food, the fire, the girls, the beer............

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Tscarborough

The rock itself isn't very good looking, the jumpers don't match the pattern, and they obviously forgot their level at home. That rock is only suitable for grouted joints, it looks like to me.

Tscarborough

P.S. Why are there mortar joints on the Firebrick?

jmic

Egads, it looks gastly! Horizontal bonds way off, verticalbonds look to stacked. Must have been done by a home owner. Give it a 2 for effert.

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Tom R

2.

I've seen better.

Everywhere I've looked . . .

Mike Finley

I'd give it a 10!

I especially like this part: "Yes, I think I need a nice stone right there...."

dougchips

At what post count or time will we find out the answer?

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Mike Finley

Now you're not going to come back and tell us this was some Make A Wish project that a dieing kid with cancer did are you?

GregS

Flintstones.. meet the Flintstones..

Chris G

I hate brick veneer.

That's probably why I think it looks okay. It doesn't have perfect lines, so it doesn't look like veneer. The small pieces are a bit odd though.

If this was an outdoor fireplace, I'd say it's not bad. But the stack at the top looks rediculous. Plus, considering the rest of it isn't in line, the top looks weird being so level.

Kind of half way between rustic and.....um something.

PressurePros

It makes me feel tilted and dizzy.

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stacker

are those fire brick,or buff colored mods?they look like they have a texture to them that i havent ever seen in fire brick.

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thom

Wouldn't put my name on it. I give it a zero. It takes no more time and no more material to do a job correctly. The person who did this A) is incompetent, B) is unconcerned with quality, and C) has no eye for design.

I vote, done by a homeowner who took a Saturday afternoon class at the local diy store. The brickwork in the hearth looks good (except that it shouldn't have mortar). I would guess the guy who did the funnystone was a different guy than the one who did the brick.

Subia29

"Magnificent''said the Blindman.New post .''More pictures of butchered phoney stone jobs please.'' Its definitely entertaining.

Tscarborough

Even though I would not claim it, it that is pretty typical of what I see applied, both commercial and on residential applications. While it is far from ideal, it is not bad enought to tear off, and an average HO wouldn't even think it wasn't perfect (with some cleanup on the thinset). <shrug>

JRf Masonry

I'm sorry but i have to agree with the other guys. Pretty much looks like the stone was just slapped up. I point of advice I always take a tile trowel and cut grooves in my backplaster. The grooves help to lock the mud from the stone to the backplaster.

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Dik Redi

lmao missed that stone first look,, i give this a , 0 ,,no concept of stone wrk,, even tho fake could have ben done way better.