Its important to consider many different factors when selecting and working with natural stone split face cladding. In this blog we will breakdown the key points and give you guidance on how to move forward.
All of the Split face cladding options we offer can be used internally as general feature walls, around fireplaces and in bathrooms and kitchens.
They can also be used externally as feature walls, cladding garden walls and buildings. However we do not recommend using our white marble split face tile outside.
You can cut a full split face cladding tile with a tile saw, it is best to use a strong diamond tipped blade that is suitable to cut through stone.
You can also remove the individual bricks from the mesh back of the tile and cut the brick pieces with an angle grinder and circular disc tile blade attached.
It is possible to make very nice external corners with our split face cladding tiles by interlocking the end pieces of two tiles at a 90 degree angle. Then cut half brick size pieces to fill the gaps where the two tiles interlock as showed in the image above.
Use a strong tile adhesive to fix split face cladding stone tiles. Do not use ready mix tile adhesive that comes in a tub, these are not designed to carry the weight of stone tiles. Ensure the adhesive is external grade when fixing outside. Apply the adhesive to both the wall and the back of the tile.
