Designation:C1780−18aStandardPracticeforInstallationMethodsforAdheredManufacturedStoneMasonryVeneer1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC1780;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thispracticeisintendedtoprovideacceptedprocedurestodesignersandinstallersofadheredmanufacturedstonemasonryveneerinresidentialandcommercialconstruction.Thisinformationismeanttocomplementthespecificinstalla-tioninstructionsprovidedbymanufacturersofadheredmanu-facturedstonemasonryveneersandrecognizedbuildingcodes,butisnotmeanttoreplacethem.Thispracticedoesnotaddressinstallationmethodsortechniquesforallmaterialsinthebuildingenvelope.Thispracticecoverstheinstallationofadheredmanufacturedstonemasonryveneerunitsforapplica-tionasadheredveneertoexteriorandinteriorwalls,columns,landscapestructuresandotherstructuressuitabletoreceiveadheredveneer.Theunitsincludedinthispracticearemanu-facturedtomeettherequirementsofSpecificationC1670/C1670M.Thispracticeislimitedtotheinstallationofunits.Thispracticedoesnotcoverallflashingormoisturemanage-mentrequirements.Refertotheapplicablebuildingcodeandprojectdocumentsforadditionalflashingandmoistureman-agementrequirements.NOTE1—TheMasonryVeneerManufacturersAssociation(MVMA)publicationInstallationGuideforAdheredConcreteMasonryVeneerprovidesgenerallyacceptedmethodsanddetailsforinstallationandflashing.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.3Allworkmanshipandmaterialsrelatedtotheinstalla-tionofadheredmanufacturedstonemasonryveneerunitsshallmeettherequirementsofthecontractdocumentsandbuildingcodehavingjurisdictionovertheproject.1.4Thetextofthisstandardreferencesnotesandfootnotesthatprovid...
