Decorative stone in the hallway - styling secrets

In the design of the house and apartment I want to use natural materials, but it is not always justified. For example, using a natural stone for finishing the premises. It is expensive, difficult, requires high qualifications. There are very similar natural artificial stone. It is also made from natural ingredients, but it will weigh less, and it costs much less. Moreover, the decoration of the hallway with a decorative stone can be made with their own hands - it does not require special qualifications.

One of the options for registration of the hallway

Types of decorative finishing stone

Today there are three types of decorative artificial stone used for interior decoration:

based on cement;
based on gypsum;
agglomerate.

These products in appearance are very similar to the natural stone, only weigh much less (from 14 kg / m 2 to 50 kg / m 2). Much lower and cost (compared to natural), especially if the manufacturer is Russian or Belarusian. It is possible to attribute more easy styling to the advantages - only the facial part of the textured, the remaining three more resemble tiles or bricks.

Actually, there is another type of finishing artificial stone - clinker tile, imitating brickwork of different types. It is produced from clay almost on brick technology - burns into the furnace and glazes. The difference in thickness is 1-3 cm. This type of finish is good in many - from High-tech to.

Based on plaster

Gypsum finishing stone is the most inexpensive of this type of materials. The second one plus is the easiest. It is precisely it is used when mounting on plasterboard, since he will simply not stand for large loads. Cons - it is rather fragile, hygroscopic, when wetting can collapse. The decoration of the hallway with decorative gypsum-based stone is possible, only if after laying it to be treated with a special protective impregnation or varnish on an acrylic basis.

The format of the plaster tile can be any - a very plastic solution allows you to get any surface and form light shades in the hallways do not "press" and not the deliverability of the inhomogeneous color gives additional volume and charm a gypsum decorative stone in combination with plaster panels in the corridor - Eastern Stylistics

Based on cement

Durable and durable finishing stone is obtained from a gypsum-sand mix. It can be washed, even a brush using liquid detergents. His shortcomings:

Hard cut. You will need a Bulgarian with a diamond disk to be less dust, you can moisten a tile.
Large weight. This is to be compared with a gypsum analogue, and compared with a natural weight below more than twice.
Higher price. In the manufacture of cement decorative stone, high-quality cement is used, and it is decent. In addition, the price of production is influenced by the production technology - the cement is gaining the required strength (28 days), and the molded tile must be stored somewhere, and under certain conditions (at a temperature of about 20 ° C and sufficient humidity of 40-50%). Therefore, significant areas are needed under storage facilities, and these are additional costs.

All these shortcomings are compensated by durability and ease of care, so this is one of the most common decorative stones for the inner and exterior decoration of the premises.

Can walls in the hallway fully lay out a decorative beaglet light gray - the most that for a small hallway

Artificial stone from agglomerate

This type of finishing decorative stone appeared recently. It consists of crumbling to the crumb of natural rocks - marble, granite, quartzite - to which polymer resins or cement have been added. A coloring pigment is added to obtain bright colors. It looks like this decorative stone perfectly - the interspersed of natural fragments, the reflections on the edges of the crumb ... really looks good, suitable for finishing works in the premises.

Methods of coloring

When choosing a collection of plaster or cement, pay attention to the coloring method. The pigment can be added to the solution, and then the weighing tile will be one color. It is then applied on its facial surface, which give the surface a more natural look. With such technology, even with the chop, the difference will be inconspicuous, since the shades are close.

In another embodiment, the pigment is applied only to the surface. Then, with a chip or need to cut the color will be very different.

Laying artificial stone with their own hands

Before starting work, you need to decide on the amount. This is not as simple as it seems. If you look at the collection, you will see that they are mainly consisting of fragments of several sizes and forms. Exception is a ceramic stone and a collection that imitating brickwork. Having learned the size of the fragments, you can estimate how about you want to position them.

Outline on the walls of the estimated borders of the finish. Now you can more or less accurately calculate how many "squares" decorative stone you need. Add about 10-15% to the resulting digital - on trimming and possible changes in the process. This will be the desired amount for finishing.

Preliminary layout

Masters, having experience with decorative stone, first preliminarily pretending, where what fragments are located, how to turn them. You can make a layout on the floor, you can - in design programs (if you can work with them), you can try to draw a plan on a millimeter or a sheet into a cell. The main condition: it is necessary to comply with the proportions and do not forget about the seam. It can be very small - such a type of laying is called seamless or solid, and can have a thickness of up to 1 cm or even a little more.

This stage, with an independent decoration of walls with decorative stone, many are missed, hoping that everything will become clear in the course of work. You can, of course, so, but note that the glue is grabbed very quickly and the time to remake is very, very little. According to the plan, it will be easier to work.

Surface preparation

It is possible to separate the walls from any material to separate the artificial stone, but they all require preliminary training. If the walls were previously decorated, the whole finish is removed, a naked wall with plaster should remain. Glue decorative stone on old wallpaper - In vain to spend time and money: finishing just fall off. Some very light collections can be glued on the wallpaper, but it can only be fragments - several tiles. And that, no one will give a guarantee that the wallpaper will not be broken and everything will not collapse.

The easiest process of wall preparation is if they are plastered. Just cover their primer. Its type is selected depending on the material (gypsum or cement). Then you can start the finish itself.

If the walls are folded from bricks, building blocks, any other similar material, they are first ground, then plastering with suitable plaster. It is also allowed by plasterboard. But at the same time you strongly limit yourself to choosing a finishing stone - you will need to choose from the easiest collections by weight, and mostly this is a decorative gypsum stone.

If the walls are wooden, they are first covered with waterproofing impregnation, after drying it is processed by primer. Then the painting mesh is nourished on the surface and then plastering. When choosing plaster, it is advisable to choose from those that "breathe" and will interfere with the wood to adjust the humidity. With the glued tiles, it will be problematic, but the decoration of the hallway decorative stone is usually fragmentary - the tile is glued only in some places, and the rest of the surface will remain vapor-permeable.

What to glue

Most of the manufacturers of decorative stone advise the use of special adhesive compositions, designed specifically for work with this material. They are three species:

for lightweight finishing stone weighing up to 30 kg / m 2;
for severe from 30 30 kg / m 2 and higher;
for low temperatures (na + 5 ° C).

It is necessary to breed the glue by small portions, accurately observing the recommendations of the manufacturers. It is better to stir a drill with an appropriate nozzle - it's easier to achieve homogeneity.

You can also glue with good quality tile glue, only he should be really good - the mass of keeping is decent. Third option - on liquid nails. This method works great on drywall, with plastecred surfaces it is better to use a glue solution.

Sticker technology

Playing or hypospicaron-aluminous walls are scrupped with primer. While it dries, breeding the glue. When laying it is important that the ranks of the finishing stone stacked horizontally. To achieve this, you can put markings on the wall. This can be done using a painting cord, and you can paint with a pencil using bubble or.

Stacking a decorative stone in the hallway of the hallway begins from one of the corners. In some collections there are special angular tiles - it is easier to work with them. If there are no such fragments, you will have to draw edges by the "end" fragments. They are in some collections - they also have edges too. These same elements are used by the last in a row, where it is necessary that the ends have a decorative appearance.

Before laying the back of the tile of decorative stone, it is necessary to inspect. There may be remnants of cement milk - this is a thin foamy flap of light color. It must be removed. You can do it with a rigid brush.

If the air temperature is high or humidity is low, the inverse of the stone is wetted with water. Then the conventional spatula is applied with a layer of glue, roll over it, remove the remnants with a toothed (with a tooth of 4-5 mm).

The fragment is pressed to the primed surface, slightly closing it from side to the side, achieve a dense contact with the wall, exhibit a fragment in the desired position. It is possible for better adhesion to knock on the surface with rubber Cyans.

This option laying the finishing stone on the wall requires a significant amount of time. It is used when you need to put only a few tiles or along the edges of a large fragment area. If you need to lay a considerable amount, it is easier to apply glue on the wall, also remove excess with a toothed spatula. And the tile moistened with water is pressed against the glue on the wall.

Otherwise, the entire sequence of actions does not change.

If the laying is seamless, the next element is installed closely. If seam is required, the distance between the tiles is fixed with the help of plastic, wooden wedges of the same size, suitable and pieces of drywall. If the seam is small, you can use plastic crosses.

When working from under the tile, glue can be squeezed. If it hits the front surface, it must be immediately removed. Concrete finishing stone can be a damp cloth, plaster - only dry. The glue is seized very quickly, and then remove it without damaging the surface, it is almost impossible.

According to this principle, the planned volume of finishing is laid out. When glue is grabbed (indicated on the package), you can start filling the seams.

Shutkish seams

For filling seams, a special composition is used. In color, it can imitate a masonry solution or be contrasting with respect to the color of the decoration.

The composition is bred by water to a paste-like state (the proportions are shown on the package), are applied to a special syringe or a dense package with a sliced \u200b\u200bcorner. The paste is squeezed between the seams. Depending on the type of seam finish, it is filled almost completely or only half a half (to the edge of the tile can remain up to 5 mm). As a result, it turns out or relief laying, or more smooth.