Product Overview

MSI Avalon Bay Fieldstone Marble Corners create authentic masonry transitions around outside corners, columns, fireplace projections, outdoor kitchens, and architectural returns. These loose natural-stone corners coordinate with Avalon Bay Fieldstone flat veneer, allowing the irregular Fieldstone pattern to wrap around a 90-degree corner without exposed cut edges.

Crafted from genuine natural marble, Avalon Bay features deep gray coloration with occasional earthy-brown accents. Its rugged splitface texture and naturally irregular shapes create substantial depth, movement, and old-world stone character.

This product is supplied as a 50-square-foot crate, not as an individual corner piece. The random shapes, sizes, tones, and textures should be blended throughout the installation.

Technical Specifications

MSI identifies Avalon Bay Fieldstone as natural marble with a splitface finish, dark-gray coloring, moderate shade variation, and separate flat and corner SKUs. The manufacturer does not approve it for residential or commercial flooring. MSI

Recommended Applications

• Exterior Façade Corners: Wraps entry projections, wall returns, architectural features, and exterior columns.

• Outdoor Kitchen Islands: Creates finished corners around barbecue islands, counters, and entertainment structures.

• Fireplace Projections: Maintains a continuous Fieldstone appearance around properly constructed fireplace surrounds.

• Columns and Pillars: Provides authentic masonry transitions around square columns and entrance pillars.

• Garden and Landscape Walls: Finishes outside corners on decorative masonry walls and landscape structures.

• Interior Feature Walls: Suitable for appropriate residential and commercial accent walls over structurally capable substrates.

This veneer is not designed for floors, patios, walkways, countertops, or other horizontal traffic surfaces.

Installation & Handling Guidelines

⚠️ IMPORTANT: NATURAL-STONE VENEER CORNER INSTALLATION

These are heavy, randomly sized loose-marble corners. Professional installation is recommended, particularly for exterior, tall-wall, fireplace, and framed-construction applications.

• Install Corners First: Establish the corner pieces before placing the coordinating flat veneer. Alternate the returns between courses to avoid a continuous vertical seam.

• Dry-Lay and Blend: Open the crate and arrange the pieces before installation. Distribute dark gray, brown-accented, larger, and smaller stones throughout the project.

• Approved Substrate: Install over structurally sound concrete, masonry, or a properly constructed stone-veneer substrate.

• Framed Exterior Walls: A complete system may require a weather-resistant barrier, corrosion-resistant metal lath, scratch coat, flashing, weep detailing, and drainage provisions.

• Setting Material: Use a polymer-modified mortar specifically approved for natural-stone veneer, the substrate, and the installation environment.

• Mortar Coverage: Apply mortar to the prepared wall and back-butter each stone. Fully support the corners without leaving large voids.

• Joint Treatment: Fieldstone veneer is generally installed with visible mortar joints. Establish the intended joint width during the dry layout and tool the joints consistently.

• Wall Support: Do not install heavy natural-stone veneer directly over unsupported or painted drywall.

• Exterior Detailing: Provide flashing, drainage, water management, movement accommodation, and freeze-thaw-compatible installation materials where applicable.

• Fireplace Use: Follow the fireplace manufacturer’s clearance requirements and local building codes. Natural marble does not make an otherwise noncompliant assembly heat-safe.

• Cutting Safety: Wet-cut using an appropriate diamond blade and respiratory protection. MSI warns against dry cutting, grinding, or polishing because the material contains crystalline silica.

• Order Allowance: Purchase approximately 10–15% extra for cuts, breakage, color blending, and future repairs.

Quantity and Ordering Note

One crate provides approximately 50 square feet of corner surface area. That figure measures the combined visible faces of the corner stones—it does not mean the crate contains 50 individual pieces or covers 50 linear feet.

Because the corner returns are irregular, do not convert the stated square-foot coverage into linear feet without physically measuring the current crate or obtaining an MSI packing specification.

Care & Maintenance

• Remove loose dust with a soft-bristle brush or suitable vacuum attachment.

• Clean with warm water and a neutral-pH cleaner formulated for natural stone.

• Avoid vinegar, acidic cleaners, abrasive chemicals, bleach, and wire brushes.

• Clean mortar residue during installation before it hardens on the splitface surface.

• A penetrating natural-stone sealer may be considered for moisture-, grease-, or stain-prone locations.

• Test all sealers first because enhancing products may deepen the gray and brown tones.

• Inspect exterior installations periodically for open mortar joints, failed sealant, flashing problems, or moisture intrusion.

Design Profile

• Style: Traditional Fieldstone, modern rustic, mountain contemporary, European farmhouse, and naturalistic landscape design.

• Color Character: Deep gray with occasional warm-brown mineral accents.

• Surface Character: Irregular splitface marble with pronounced natural depth and texture.

• Coordinating Materials: Charcoal slate, natural oak, reclaimed timber, blackened steel, concrete, and warm neutral stucco.

• Mortar Colors: Medium gray creates a unified appearance; warm gray or taupe highlights the individual stone shapes.

• Lighting: Grazing or directional lighting emphasizes the irregular splitface relief and natural color movement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this product sold as one individual piece?

No. The current Hey Tiles listing sells it as a 50-square-foot crate. “1 Piece” in the existing title is misleading and should be removed.

Is Avalon Bay Fieldstone manufactured or faux stone?

No. MSI identifies it as genuine natural marble.

Is this a ledger panel?

No. It consists of randomly shaped loose Fieldstone corner veneers rather than preassembled rectangular panels.

What flat veneer coordinates with these corners?

Use MSI Avalon Bay Fieldstone flat veneer, SKU LVENMAVABAYFLD.

Does the installation require mortar joints?

Fieldstone is normally installed with visible mortar joints. The final joint style and width should be established during the dry layout.

Can it be installed on floors?

No. MSI lists residential and commercial flooring use as “No.” It is intended for vertical veneer applications.

How much does one crate cover?

Approximately 50 square feet of combined corner-face surface area. This should not automatically be interpreted as 50 linear feet.

Should the marble be sealed?

Sealing may be beneficial in exterior, moisture-prone, grease-prone, or stain-prone installations. Test the chosen sealer before treating the entire surface.