What is interesting about the facade tiles under the stone?
A wild stone, it would seem, lies under your feet, bend over and lift it, and then you can use it even for construction, though for finishing. But this is not quite so, for the same cladding, both internal and external, it is necessary to process the pieces of rock in such a way that they become a kind of tile, even if formless.
And only as a tile socle crushed stone can be used without any treatment. In general, natural materials are always more expensive than artificial materials, and this applies to any rock. The same facade tile under the stone will cost you at least 2 times cheaper than the quality processed minerals selected from nature.
Choosing, for example, granite, you thereby preserve the inviolable part of nature, because if all houses, lined with artificial stone, were covered with real granite instead of it, not one rock would disappear from topographic maps of geologists.
Gres is produced, as otherwise called artificial stone tile, from a cement-sand mixture, with the addition of fillers and plasticizers
How does a facade tile tear a stone?
Simulation of rock can be different, both in the form of rectangular plates, and formless, for example, executed in the likeness of a wild stone. Some might think that such a material is inconvenient to use, but on concrete blocks of the plinth or on the cast strip foundation, the facade tile torn stone can be stacked quite simply.
Despite all the angularity and formlessness of such a tile, one side of it is relatively flat, and it is the face. Therefore, we do not even need a tool like a mason's hammer, but a rubber mallet must be at hand.
Place the tiles under the stone on a prepared, cleaned surface. On the site, a bit more in area than the artificial stone in your hand, a "cake" of cement is applied, into which it is necessary to press the facing material as easily as possible with light tapping of the hammer. Next to the base lies another lump of mortar, and the next tile is fixed next to the previous one.
It is desirable to leave a gap between them, the width of which depends on the size of the facing elements, the larger they are, the wider the gap, which, by the way, almost flush with the surface of the tile is filled with mortar.
After the second row of cladding has begun to lay under a wild stone, the voids between the stones of the first and second rows are completely filled with cement mortar, the excess is removed with a rigid brush.
Tiles under the stone for outdoor decoration, where is it better to use it?
There is such a thing as the compatibility of materials, and sometimes the construction may look ridiculous only because the lining of the plinth and the walls do not look at all together. In the construction of the building should be not only harmonious forms, but also the finish .It would also be a wrong decision to use the same artificial stone for the facade and socle. Imagine a house completely covered with the same type of lining. Yes, it will resemble a fortress, but there will be no beauty in it.
It is best if you have at hand a tile under the stone for exterior finishing, at least in two versions. For walls, rectangular cladding elements will be an ideal choice, outwardly it will look as if the house was built from a roughly worked quarry stone, such a peculiar, severe beauty of the old fortress.
Moreover, today there are technologies that allow you to visually age the artificial stone. If you have a paving slab under the stone, you can lay out the path over it, and use the same material for the lining of the base. Such a wide belt around the building, moving from vertical to horizontal position, will create a massive appearance of the foundation and solidity of the whole structure as a whole.