The Home Depot salesman told me he has had several customers use Liquid Nails to attach Cultured Stone to an interior wall with plywood T 111 backing. Has anyone tried this ? Personally I cant see anything wrong with it, and in the long run it would seem to be less costly and time consuming than the conventional method of building paper, metal lath and mortar.

This question might be better off in the remodeling section....don't see why LN wouldn't work though.

Good Luck!

The only thing with this is the stone are made of cement and you want a bond that will last, I would use CSC-4 and I would install dura rock, you can add wire mesh but with the CSC-4 it will bond to the dura rock.

i am far from an expert but i am planning to use liquid nails on an interior project with cultured stone against plywood. i have seen numerous install results like this done by an extrordinaire fireplace dealer. if you consult owens corning installation guide (http://www.culturedstone.com/literature/docs/61205_Brick_Install_instructions.pdf) at the end of page 3 and beginning of page 4 you will find this method listed under the heading of "WORKING WITH MASONRY ADHESIVE
(INTERIOR ONLY". It even specifically names Liquid Nails as one of the approved masonary adhesives and shows a picture of a caulking gun applying substance from a tube to the back of a brick. It states plywood is a recommened backing for this type installation. I don't think it will void any warranty. i am no professional but this is my understanding of reading owens corning cultured stone installation manual. i will post when my project is done

just wondering how your project worked. I am installing a new fireplace and have it framed with plywood and am looking for an alternative to working with morter (if possible)

Thanks!

Well, no matter what, I would certainly NOT use T-111. T-111 has those rather large "groves" in it, and I would be worried that they would show thru in the mortar joints between the stone pieces.

We used culture stone on our cabin wall-indoors and then we also used it outside. Both times we did the plywood/building paper and metal lath. It did create quite a mess but I probably would have tried liquid nails had that been offered to us as an option!