Facade tiles for stone: the advantages and variety of materials

Exterior decoration of the house is a great way to qualitatively modify the look of your own home. There are quite a few names of materials intended for the realization of this kind of ideas, and with their help you can turn an ordinary house into a stylish mansion.

Facade tiles are considered one of the most interesting solutions in this regard. Very good on residential buildings will look tile under the stone. New production technologies will help to release material that can fully imitate natural stone. The colors and textures will be transferred so thoroughly that it will be possible to distinguish the artificial from the natural only by weight.

Choosing a facade tile for a crushed, “torn” or another stone, one can consider that non-natural material does not even have a minimal chance to be better.In fact, the advantages of artificial analogues weight.

There are many advantages to using such a facing material for the facade:

• Resistance to damage and high strength.
• Resistance to temperature difference and all kinds of atmospheric phenomena.
• Environmental Safety.
• Ease of installation. It is not difficult to make wall cladding yourself with the help of this material. Many ordinary people even produce the material themselves, using special forms.

• Identical view. Facing tiles for the facade perfectly imitate any subspecies of real stone. Sometimes finding the differences between them is almost impossible.
• Long service life. According to manufacturers' assurances, stone tiles can last more than 100 years.
• Affordable price. Even the most expensive facade tiles with high-quality imitation of stone will cost much less when compared with the cost of natural material. Laying natural stone is quite difficult, it is impossible to do with your own hands. The help of professionals will be needed, which will also have to be paid.

• Natural material can form only one type of surface, but artificial can be recreated in different variations of the original texture, color and even relief.Decorative characteristics in this case is much more interesting.
• It can be selected both for residential buildings and for industrial buildings.
• The tile is very light, for this reason the foundation will not have to be strengthened.
• Damaged products are easily replaced with new ones. The parameters of a fake stone are more uniform; it is much easier to find the necessary material for replacement than to find a product made of natural rock of the same color and structure.

This popular material has some drawbacks:

• a huge range of tile varieties will require knowledge of the installation methods and care for this product;
• Some types of material will not allow dismantling with re-installation, so you will have to keep in reserve material in case of repair.

Tiles with imitation of natural stone is divided into three types.

• Tiles under natural stone. Made from artificial components by firing. For production use clay, quartz and spar. The use of a special crumb will help to get an unusual effect.

• Facade "ragged" stone. Many ordinary people fell in love with facade tiles of this type.The composition of this material includes cement and sand, various pigments, all kinds of fillers. In fact, such tiles are made from natural materials, but in an artificial way.
• Wild stone Other types of tiles do not have such high demand as wild stone. For its repetition with the help of a tile, special shapes are chosen that give the desired relief to the material. Even at the closest examination, only a professional will determine what material is in his hands.

In addition to tiles under the stone, today the inhabitants are actively used panels under the stone. Many designers apply them not only to finish the facade, but also for interior work. This material is made by the newest technologies, because of which it will practically not differ from the beautiful natural rocks. Wall decorative panels under the stone are practical, have a stylish look, are easy to install. Another positive quality of this facing material is its low cost. The most inexpensive of these panels are made of PVC. They will last a long time and will not require complex care. They can be seen in the decoration of bathrooms, pools, saunas, kitchens.They can often be seen even in offices, but still they are more often used for outdoor work.

Basically, such a finishing material is produced using a rather high pressure casting method.

Depending on the composition of the panel can be:

• with the structure of a homogeneous type (made of high quality PVC);
• with a combined structure (outside the layer of polymer, and inside of polystyrene foam), the product is considered an excellent insulator, and therefore enjoys such high demand;
• made with use of expanded polystyrene and polyfoam, resins, foam and stone powder are often also included in the composition of such panels.

Tile "under the stone" is often used as a basement finish. That part of the building, which is most often exposed to various influences, must have the most durable finish. And therefore the stone is the material most suitable for these purposes.

In the building supermarkets you can find a large selection of different models of facade panels.that imitate such types of stone as slate and limestone, sandstone and malachite, quartzite and topaz. Relief varieties (rubble and rocky) are in high demand.On sale you can see and materials that resemble in appearance flat basalt or onyx, granite or travertine, dolomite. Very demanded models in the form of neatly laid in rows of stones in the shape of a rectangle. Due to the diversity of these stone panels, any consumer will be able to quickly decorate their home for very little money. The most popular panel size is 500x500 mm.

The flexible tile made from quartz sand and acrylic resins is similar to decorative plaster on the basis of polymers therefore has all similar technical characteristics, differing at the same time in excellent resistance to wear.

You can always opt for a flexible tile under the stone. Flexible tiles for facade decoration well protects any external structures from adverse effects and if all the subtleties of installation are observed, as well as in the absence of violations of the operating mode, it will retain its protective properties for many years.

Tile facing under the stone is made both for the house and for the exterior decoration of various kinds of buildings, so it can be more and more often seen on the facades of the streets of modern cities.

Facade tiles for stone can be of various sizes, all sorts of interesting textures and the most popular shades. The newest facilities will allow you to simulate virtually all known natural stone breeds to specialists. The latest collections of products are notable for their unique originality and detailed drawing of small elements. Nowadays, a special imitation of stone, which looks like marble and onyx, is in great demand. This unique finishing material will give any dwelling a special external aristocratic look.

To highlight the originality of the design of their home, the owners are trying to combine several types of tiles that are made in a uniform color. So, the basement and window openings can be revetted with brown stone, and the walls - with beige and milky.

It is interesting to look at the options when tiles are used sporadically or pointwise, highlighting specific parts of the house - doors, columns, porch and corners. In these cases, it is best to apply a contrasting look of finish, which immediately stands out against the general background.

Today in the shops you can find several types of decorative facade tiles under the stone, which will have a different texture.

The most popular are several copies.

• Slate The tile qualitatively repeats natural slate. It happens in gray and brown color, in red and beige tones. The surface of the product is often heterogeneous, has a "torn" texture. Decorative slate is suitable for decoration and only plinths, and entire facades in the building.
• Front tile "broken stone". This product has a much less corrugated structure than the slate, but it looks quite presentable. Popular shades: gray and beige, red is very popular. It can be used for cladding plinth walls and facades, windows.

• Imitation bricks. Facing a real brick will be quite expensive, for this reason, many ordinary people choose its equivalent cheaper. This option is the most convenient to install and almost indistinguishable from a real brick. In the range you can find products of red and brown colors, sand and brown colors. Modern tile under the stone will amaze you with a variety of its textures and shades that will allow you to create the most original design of the facade.

Due to the rich color palette, you can always choose any color of artificial stone: from light beige and white to dark brown and black colors.This diversity helps to create a truly harmonious combination of the structure and the surrounding landscape.

Facing the outer walls with stone tiles with your own hands is really simple.

There are two methods of cladding:

• "Wet" way of laying facade tiles. To do this, you will need to properly flatten the surface of the walls with your own hands, and place the plates on these walls with a special glue. This is a common tile installation process.
• "Dry" method of laying facade tiles. Tiles with this method of holding the outer walls of your house on the screws.

Ask the experts who will help you determine exactly which technique is most relevant for your home. But to solve this issue is better before you buy the facing materials, forms, tools, and glue.

Facade tiles for stone - elegant decoration of the building, which helps to create its elegant and stylish look.

It will look very unusual facade, decorated with tiles under the "old" stone.

One of the most stylish types of decorative tiles is stylized “under a rubble stone”.

The stone is perfectly combined with wood and metal.

The process of creating a front tile "broken stone" with his own hands is shown in the next video.