Looking through catalogs with house designs, let's look for facade materials that will emphasize the unique character of the building. What to choose - plaster, tile, stone or wood? We evaluate popular solutions in terms of aesthetics, durability and assembly price.
[b]Ubiquitous gypsum[/b]
Gypsum is a popular material with high resistance to changing weather conditions and mechanical damage. It is used as a finish for all types of walls. The low cost of buying and installing plaster and the easy repair process determine its popularity. In addition, manufacturers offer it in many variants adapted to specific environmental conditions with a full color palette. Plasters are applied to the surface with a steel spatula, leveled with a bar and smoothly soaked. Cement-lime products are used for single-layer and three-layer walls, and two-layer surfaces are covered with thin-layer plaster as the last layer of seamless insulation systems ETICS.
Facade decorations, finished with plaster, are obtained by sculpting textures and combining layers of different colors. You can decorate the baseboard, door and window jambs and the entrance to the building with mosaic plaster made of multicolored filler. We often find contrasting stripes imitating a facade board, which are formed by stamping a matrix in plaster or using tapes attached to the wall with dispersion glue.Depending on the type, thin-layer plaster provides walls with good protection from bacterial growth, floods and dirt.
[b]Elegant facade tiles[/b]
Wall cladding allows you to decorate your home in a simple and inexpensive way in accordance with traditional architecture. At the same time, single-color ceramic surfaces are ideal for modern construction art as a complement to glazed surfaces. Installation is no problem and is done by gluing tiles to the wall. The facade of red clinker tiles, finished with red mortar, imitates the wall very well, while tiles made of granite in shades of white, yellow or gray look equally interesting. In addition, the tiles can be fluted or floral, which gives them the effect of old age. The finished surface provides the walls with optimal resistance, but the tile is susceptible to dirt and fading, which requires regular impregnation.
[b]The Eternal Stone[/b]
Stone slabs with a clear texture may turn out to be a unique detail that should be decorated with a baseboard, columns or the entire basement of the house. The combination of the darker color of the stone with the light tone of the wall gives an attractive visual effect. We can choose panels made of natural stone or their imitation. The first type of product is usually available in the form of heavy blocks that must be installed with steel anchors and scaffolding. In this category, the most popular aggregates are granite, limestone and sandstone. Real stone is the most durable facade material, because it is resistant to any weather conditions for many years and does not change its color. Investors often choose its imitation of artificial stone slabs because they are lighter and their installation is as simple as in the case of ceramic tiles.
Traditionalists can choose the "laying in the wild" technique, where the end result resembles a hand-built wall of large uneven blocks. Alternatively, the stone facade will look more modern if it is decorated with smaller slabs arranged in even, dense layers.
[b]Wood as a natural accent of the facade[/b]
The characteristic appearance of the boards effectively distinguishes the house from its neighbors. Completely wooden houses are a thing of the past, but the material itself is still readily used as a part in combination with gypsum, sometimes replacing the place of stone in the design. It is installed on a wooden or aluminum grid with slats 2 cm from the wall, and an insulating material is placed between its elements. The facade, decorated with wooden panels, is best suited for houses on plots filled with greenery. The raw materials themselves are not very resistant to moisture, fungi and fire, so they require regular maintenance with paint and varnish materials. A cheaper option is to choose wood-like polystyrene panels.
One of the simplest solutions for interesting facade lighting is the addition of colorful materials imitating wood, brick and stone to the plaster surfaces. Using plaster to cover most of the wall is economical due to the low cost of the product and its installation. In turn, finishing the facade with elements from real raw materials requires large budgets, since materials are more expensive, more difficult to install and sometimes require a special grid. The full execution of exterior walls made of granite or stone will be chosen by people for whom the prestigious and uncompromising nature of their residence is important. Stumdomos sulankstomos stiklinės durys gera kaina svetainėje beremisstiklas.lt
