Home & Garden Architecture

How to Remove Stone Facade Walls

By Home & Garden Last updated Sunday, May/26/2024

1). Place a tarp or sheet of plastic underneath the stone to be removed.
2). Place the edge of a chisel in the grout at your starting point and begin to tap it with a hammer. You must loosen the grout that binds the stones together before you can remove the stones.
3). Insert your chisel underneath a stone after you get through the grout.
4). Tap at the chisel with the hammer until the chisel is underneath the stone and you are able to pry it up.
5). Continue in this manner around the stones on the wall until you are able to use a pry bar to remove the stones.
6). Pull stones and their backing, which is the veneer, away from the wall with your hands as it becomes loose. Continue to use your chisel and hammer on tougher areas.
7). Use a tough, metal scraper to clear any adhesive or mortar still on the wall board. If you don't intend to keep the wall board to which the stones were adhered, you can unscrew it from the wall and throw it out.

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