Facing stone

Today facing stone is very popular – it is finishing building material that can imitate thin brick and natural stone. It took about ten years from the moment it was taken on board by domestic producers, becoming more affordable for the consumer.

Natural stones that have been used for cladding since old days, go out of fashion not only for financial reasons. High cost of natural stone is often accompanied by a strong clicking of the Geiger counter. The decay product of radioactive elements, radon is free to circulate in the room.

Advantages of facing stones

No wonder that artificial stones appear to replace natural stones. In addition to environmental requirements, artificial facing stone is convenient because it:

1. Has a flat rear surface. No need in additional treatment, the product in a marketable condition is ready for laying.
2. Little weight (in average 4 times less compared to natural stones). Lightweight load on the wall, ease of transportation and mounting on vertical surfaces.
3. More economical than natural stone. At the end of the installation works, the four-fold reduction in the cost is found.
4. Looks more interesting. Modern technologies not only successfully manage to imitate the surface of natural stones, but move on. It is real to produce facing stones with color and texture, which have no analogues in nature.
5. Creates additional acoustic absorption and soundproofing.
6. Protects the wall against the aggressive atmosphere.
7. Handy for facade finishing, thanks to angular and rounded elements.
8. Does not require additional fasteners. Sometimes it is enough to put facing on the glue.
9. Mounting is possible even at low temperatures. Although, of course, it is better to give the workers a vacation until spring.

But, of course, the main advantages of facing stone are magnificent physical and aesthetic properties. It gives the uniqueness to every house, premise, building – the diversity of this building material gives a lot of opportunities to designers and architects involved in the design of facades, interiors.

Unusual for manmade materials, durability and resistance to frost and any chemical substances make facing tiles in special demand – when the laying is completed, the house owner forgets about the need of repair or replacing of the covering. Strength, ability to preserve original color for many years also make this material especially attractive.

Manufacture of artificial stone

The production of this material is possible in two ways – like ceramics or using the production technology of composite materials. The stones can be dyed any color and any shade, making the material especially popular and aesthetic.

When using Kondor brick making machines, the production of various modifications of the facing stones is greatly simplified. Large quantities of the highest quality material are produced for minimum time.

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