Stone and Brick Accents for Pacific Northwest Homes

Stone and brick bring a permanence to a home’s exterior that no other material quite matches. Used at an entryway, a chimney, or across a lower level, they anchor a home visually in a way that reads as substantial and enduring from the curb. Pacific Exteriors NW has been installing stone and brick accents on high-end homes throughout Oregon and Washington since 1994, and we approach every project the same way we approach any siding work in this climate: the beauty of the finished result depends entirely on what’s happening behind it.

Why Stone and Brick Need the Same Moisture Discipline as Any Other Siding

Stone and brick veneer systems look permanent, but they’re installed over the same wall assembly as any other cladding, with a weather barrier and drainage plane behind them doing the real work of keeping your home dry. When that drainage detailing is missing or was installed incorrectly, which is a common issue in older stone and brick veneer applications, water can become trapped behind the stone rather than draining away. Because stone and brick are so visually convincing as a finished, “solid” material, this kind of hidden moisture problem often goes undetected even longer than it would behind a lighter cladding, since homeowners have little reason to suspect a masonry-look wall of leaking.

We check the drainage plane and flashing details behind existing stone and brick before recommending any new work, and we build that same detailing into every new installation. A beautiful stone accent wall installed without proper drainage is a problem waiting to surface, not a finished project.

Stone and Brick Options We Install

We work primarily with Eldorado and Boulder Creek cultured stone, both known for realistic texture and color variation that reads as natural stone rather than an obvious veneer product. Within those lines, homeowners typically choose from profiles like Castlestone, Stack Stone, Ledgestone, Dry-Stack, Cobblestone, River Rock, and Fieldstone, each suited to a different architectural character, from a Craftsman bungalow to a Tudor-influenced home to a clean modern build. We’ll walk you through which profile actually fits your home’s architecture rather than defaulting to whatever’s most popular that year.