Choosing products for the design of the facade, it is important to make sure that the walls and the foundation of the house will endure their weight. We tell me what else you need to know about the features of the facing of different bases with artificial stone.
Concrete-based facing stone reproduces the form, texture and color of natural rocks. The mass of the stone begins with 16 kg / m² and in some cases exceeds 50 kg / m². If you add to this mass of the leveling plaster mix, glue and grouts, then the total weight of the building can increase to one and a half times. Therefore, the finishing of the house with artificial stone should be foreseen at the stage of project development or construction.
Surfers of the artificial stone service are comparable since the service life of the monolithic concrete, concrete blocks and plates
1 Installation on the walls of concrete
The durability of facing from artificial stone determines the right choice of installation technology, which depends on the material of the base. So, artificial stone never laid on monolithic concrete. His smooth surface with difficulty passes inside the glue composition and needs special measures to increase adhesion, for example, in applying contact soil or sandblasting. There is another way: to fix the construction pistol and dowels with the washers reinforcing mesh, it should be applied to the plaster solution, and after drying it, proceed to the installation of stone.
The proportions and sizes of stones are designed so that the stone can be easily furnished without a set of fittings, with a minimum amount of waste and get a unique at-native drawing
Walls made of concrete blocks with a porous structure actively absorb moisture. They are treated with penetrating soil. And the finished "stone" finish, as a real protective shell, prevents the penetration of moisture and increases the frost resistance of the structures.
2 Brick Foundation
On smooth brick bases, artificial stone of any mass can be mounted without prior shockting. These surfaces refer to strongly absorbing. They are cleaned and appreciated deep penetration soil. Also come with small amounts of work - when finishing the wall fragments, the base, etc. Walls with significant irregularities (when deviations exceed 2 cm) are plastering so as not to increase the flow rate of the inhabited adhesive composition. Old, sprinkled brickwork or low-quality brick facades, which has a property to be washed and collapsed, plastering necessarily. A galvanized or firmware is used as a reinforcing layer. It is attached to the base of a dowel-nail or anchors.
The thickness of the products depends on their texture and type, the smallest of bricks - up to 1.5 cm, in large stones - 5-7 cm. To avoid textured and color stains before laying, open several boxes and lay the stones on 3-4 m² alternating in size, color, thickness
The process of cladding the ground house with artificial stone
Installation of stone leads on a solid, clean, smooth, pre-primed base. In the presence of angular elements, work starts with them. The prepared adhesive solution is applied to the base, rubbing it with a smooth side of the spatula
On the entire bottom surface of the stone layer 2-6 mm
The stone is pressed against the wall and slightly move from side to the side for better clutch.
When laying elements of the right form periodically check the evenness of the ranks of the construction level
3 Installation on the warmed facade
At home, insulated outside plates of polystyrene foam, mineral wool, can also be made with a decorative stone. In this case, before installing the thermal insulation, it is important to estimate the quality of the base and choose a reliable method of fixing the insulation and the entire subsequent design. Usually glued to the wall, the insulation is fixed by a dowel-nail or anchors depending on the type of base. The reinforcing galvanized grid is laid on top of it. It is also attached to the base and covered with plaster. The stone mount the hardened plaster layer. The system with double anchoring serves as a reliable support for the stone cladding. But this is one of the options, and there are quite a lot of them when working with facing from an artificial stone. Much depends on the skill of the masters. The average cost of work on styling stone - from 1200 rubles. For 1 m², and it is hardly worth saving this.
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