Whether there is a sense to repeat the statement that the beginning of any house is a street, the appearance of the house makes the first impression about the construction and about the people living in it. That is why in dealing with the arrangement of the local area, one should not forget how important it is to beautifully decorate the porch of a private house, which in fact is its business card.
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What are the finishing materials used for finishing the porch of a modern country house
Since the porch should be a continuation of the house, it is only natural that it should match the architecture of the house itself in style and in spirit. Of no small importance is the shape of the structure, the materials from which it will be constructed and the finishing materials that will be used to ennoble its appearance. First of all, you should pay attention to the strength and reliability of the finish - after all, it will have to be operated under different weather conditions, throughout the year, i.е. consider only those materials that are intended for outdoor decoration.
Specialists offer, as possible options for consideration:
- wood treated with special tools,
- clinker brick,
- tiles,
- porcelain stoneware.
Choose the material should be in view of the fact that he allowed the porch to harmoniously blend with the facade of the house. Designers emphasize that it is not necessary to use exactly the same materials that are available on the facade to finish the porch, but the presence of at least several, providing a semantic connection, is mandatory.
It will also be necessary to analyze the qualitative characteristics of the selected materials, to calculate the ratio of their positive qualities and shortcomings. Pretty beautiful design of the porch can be obtained by finishing the metal frame with natural wood. Species of wood should be hard, such as beech, hornbeam, oak. These materials have a fairly high cost, but it is not recommended to save on their purchase - they will be operated under rather harsh conditions for many years. Builders do not recommend for outdoor finishing works to use pine sawn timber. It is also not recommended to design a combination of tiles with wood.
Porcelain facing with ceramic granite
Often used porcelain porcelain tiles, attractive moments are:
- ability to withstand the effects of high and low temperatures, high humidity,
- the inability to spread on the surface of mold and fungal infections,
- resistance to abrasion during operation,
- the opportunity to create an original porch design by using tiles simulating a stone or brickwork, painted with ornaments or stylish prints,
- incombustibility of the material,
- simplicity of cleaning and cleaning from contamination.
The negative point is that during rain and frost tiles become slippery and the probability of falling people moving on the stairs increases. Those. will require additional spending on the purchase of self-adhesive rubber plates, but to prevent the emergence of a traumatic situation can be used for finishing anti-slip tiles from porcelain stoneware.
Fortunately, the modern market offers a wide variety of such tiles, which differs in shades, but very similar in properties and technical characteristics to natural granite. The advantages of porcelain stoneware are also in the simplicity of additional surface treatment by special means that impart the necessary properties to the material.
Of course, you can take all these points into account if the porch is in the design state. But if you have to talk about the improvement of the existing cladding from granite, we can recommend the procedure of heat treatment - the effect of open fire causes the burning of quartz crystals on the surface of the stone. This process leads to the appearance of roughness, the surface becomes less slippery. Today, this method is considered optimal, but the rough surface of the stone loses its luster, becomes faceless and gray.
To a lesser extent, the appearance of the finish is damaged by the baked strips, where the surface has rough roughening, the expressiveness of the stone structure is preserved. To correct a situation with slippery surfaces of steps also it is possible by drawing of a special anti-slip tape.
Attractive moments are the low price of the film and the ability to perform its installation yourself, without the use of any special equipment. Lack of such a film - the process will need to be repeated every season - over time, the film begins to become unstuck, especially in areas with intense mechanical stress.
Acquiring porcelain tiles for cladding should consider the following points:
- Experts do not recommend buying glazed or glazed tiles for facing the steps - they will be more actively sticking snow or ice.
- When buying porcelain tiles, it should be remembered that 1 square meter of high-quality material should have a weight of approximately 19-20 kg, if the tile has a lower weight, it is likely that it was manufactured in violation of production technologies.
- Tiles can have different sizes, but the optimal dimensions for the porch will be tiles 30x30 or 30x60 cm - to work with such a much more convenient.
Laying tiles on the steps - the order of the work
For work you will need ordinary construction tools, you should definitely use special glue, which is sold in building shops in powder form. Prepare in accordance with the instructions available on the package. In order for the masonry to look neat - use cruciform beacons. If there is no experience of performing facing works from such material, then it may be worthwhile to contact specialists.
If the work will be carried out by hand, then before buying, you must first determine the total area of the entire surface to be trimmed. To buy a tile should be with a margin - in the process of mounting, most likely you will have to cut out fragments of non-standard size, or during the process of cutting tiles can crack. The statistics show that tiles may actually require about 1/3 more of the quantity obtained in the calculation. The use of correctly prepared adhesive composition, which is characterized by the plasticity and ease of application, will facilitate the work.
In addition, the glue created by modern technologies is characterized by frost resistance and strength, the process of hardening of such a solution is very short, it is possible to tread on the tile after 2 hours upon completion of work. Begin work with dry laying of tiles, at first the entire fragments are arranged, taking into account the width of the seams. If a figured masonry is performed, the inserts are pre-marked and cut. After the size and location of each fragment is accurately determined, pencil marks are made. Begin the markup from the bottom step.
Application of the adhesive solution is carried out with a notched trowel. Laying should begin with inserts located in the corners, they need to align the remaining fragments. Planted on the glue tiles tapping rubber hammer - in this case, the tile sits in its place quite tightly. When you have finished laying on the horizontal plane, you should move to the vertical lining, so that the masonry looks carefully you need to track the coincidence of the seams of both planes.
It is also necessary to observe the same width of the seam, the use of cross-shaped gaskets will simplify the task. At the end of laying the tiles on all surfaces it will be necessary to seal up all the crevices formed at the place of the seams.
For grouting, you should use a special compound, the process should start from the top area. The porch facings are completed by the fact that all the porch and all the seams are covered with a special mixture, after a while the powder can be gently removed using the same tools with which the grouting was carried out. At the same time, a kind of grinding of the seams occurs. Before use, the porch should be wiped with a damp cloth, do not allow the appearance of puddles.
Experts emphasize that the quality of the surface obtained after facing and its strength largely depend on the thoroughness of the preparation of the substrate for the tile - it should be perfectly even, without any drops or voids. The ceramic granite tiles laid on an ideally prepared base will serve for a very long time.
Facing the round porch
The issue with the facing of the circular porch sometimes turns out to be difficult to solve - the wrong center of the design is the fault - it should be the same when installing the formwork and facing works. When pouring a concrete foundation, such subtleties are not really taken into account, usually even the height and width of the steps are not correctly calculated.
To correct such mistakes is rather difficult, so the facing is exposed to the base as it is, as a result, the shape of the porch obtained can hardly be called circular. The cladding process itself is problematic - it will be necessary to decide how to put rectangular tiles on a rounded area and how to tilt the approach.
Finishing of the horizontal surface can be laid out in two ways - use for this purpose whole tiles, tapered to the cone. But at the same time the appearance of the masonry is hardly surprising by the attractiveness - the harmony of the surface will be violated by numerous cut seams and the absence of their entire line. The second method involves laying the tiles in the usual way, with the coincidence of the seams but all the steps. But when using this method, there is a threat of getting small fragments in the masonry.
For facing the riser, you can use the tile cut into strips, and the tile fragments will already be present, the smoother the oval surface will be. A more rational method is to tile the riser with a mosaic - with its help you can create a surface with any form of bending.
Problems can arise when choosing the color of the mosaic - its shade should match with the color of the tile, which is finished with the horizontal part of the staircase. The way out of the situation can be found by using the material of one shade for grouting. Experts argue that to obtain a porch of a regular round shape, it will be necessary to initially build a geometrically regular circle in place.
The work should be planned in such a way that it is possible to check the correctness of the circle and mark it at any stage of the work, from pouring concrete to facing. You can make a round porch with your own hands, but to get a good result, you must follow the order of the work. A very important point is the creation of a quality concrete foundation and the correct screed.
Violation of technology or the use of substandard concrete will ultimately lead to the fact that under the influence of seasonal temperature fluctuations the tile will lag behind the porch surface along with the screed. Negative moments can arise even from incorrect grouting of joints between tiles.
Features of care for porcelain tiles
As for the care of the porch faced with porcelain tiles, there are no special requirements for it:
- cleaning from contaminants can be done with a moistened rag,
- if necessary, the dirt from the porch can be removed with a solution of detergents,
- to clean the surface should be in proportion to the pollution, and cleaners to choose depending on the degree and nature of the contaminants.
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