Decorative stone on the wall: types and instructions

Decorative stone on the wall with a fireplace

The stone in the interior decoration always looks good, solid. It can be natural and artificial. Use decorative stone on the wall is possible in any place - for exterior, interior decoration, in various residential, non-residential premises, decoration of the kitchen apron, doorways, decoration of terraces, fireplaces, window sills, socle of buildings.

Decorative stone on the wall of the passage room

Pros:

  • beautiful, looks expensive;
  • durability, frost resistance;
  • fire safety;
  • strength, wear resistance;
  • resistance to chemicals.

Minuses:

  • gypsum is not suitable for wet rooms;
  • natural expensive.

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The other finish must match the type of stone - with granite the heavy oak door looks great, the bricks can be stitched even above it - then the color of the ceiling also needs a suitable one. The lower parts of the walls are formed most often.

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Types of stone for wall decoration

Natural is more difficult to lay, because of the greater weight, artificial - softer, lighter. Natural stone is mined in natural conditions, mainly by crushing rocks. "Fake" is made of colored concrete, gypsum, acrylic, polyester resin, mineral additives. Also in its composition is often present clay, stone crumb, elements of fiberglass, steel, all kinds of pigments. The natural for decoration of the interior space is applied less often than the artificial one - due to the fact that most species are cold. Small fragments, drawings from it will decorate any room.

Types of stone for wall decoration

Artificial

What kind of artificial stone exists:

  • porcelain stoneware - matt, glossy, textured. Produced by pressing with firing of feldspar, clay, dyes. Resistant to temperature changes;
  • agglomerates - consist of polyester resins, marble and granite chips, quartzites. The natural material in the agglomerate is up to 90%. Not resistant to high temperatures (even from the radiators), abrasion, but they look whole;
  • brick or tile of concrete - consists of Portland cement, dyes, sand, expanded clay, pumice, plasticizers. Hydrophobizing, reinforcing components can be added;
  • based on gypsum - consists of quality gypsum, hydrated lime, colorants, water. Such bricks can be made independently, casting them into molds, treated with waterproof coatings. It is very light, cheap;
  • flexible - looks like wallpaper. It is textiles, on which a thin section of sandstone is applied. Suitable for decoration of hard-to-reach places, vapor-permeable, wear-resistant;
  • based on acrylic - consists of crumb jadeite, serpentine, jasper, amazonite, granite, mixed with acrylic resins. It is ecological, waterproof.

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With the help of a properly chosen option, any room is transformed into a beautiful work of art. The above-described types of this raw material are repairable, safe, pleasant externally, durable, durable. They are easy to handle, transport, weigh less than natural.

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Natural

The natural stone for internal works differs by the methods of formation, methods of extraction. Such a cladding will last for decades, not even a century. Its types:

  • granite - the rock contains quartz, mica, feldspar. It is considered to be the hardest, durable, wear-resistant in the world, but relatively easy to handle. It has frost resistance, moisture resistance, and dielectricity. The service life for wall finishing is from 150 years;
  • marble - rock, mostly composed of calcite, various minerals. By color - beige, gray, black, yellow, blue, etc. It is hard, antistatic, abrasion-resistant, moisture resistant, environmentally friendly. In processing, mining is complex, but the price is acceptable - technologies are constantly being improved;
  • travertine is a calcium carbonate, an intermediate link between soft loose limestone and durable marble. It forms near mineral springs that carry calcium salts, limestone, carbon dioxide to the surface. It is simple in extraction, color is pale green, red-red, beige, milky-white. Has low thermal conductivity, excellent frost resistance, low price;
  • slate - rock from medium-temperature, low-temperature minerals. Suitable material for use is covered with special varnishes. It has hygienic, bactericidal, water resistant, temperature changes. Can have veins: brown, beige, blue-green;

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  • talcochlorite - from chlorite, magnesite, talc. For the design of surfaces used in the form of bricks, tiles. It is used more often in a bath, sauna, because they quickly heat up, maintaining a constant temperature, humidity. Its heat resistance is more than + 1500С. Color - graphite, gray-green;
  • jadeite - consists of sodium oxide with aluminosilicate, silica. It is very similar to jade, it is emerald, graphite, yellow-gray, red. Sold in the form of tiles, bricks, mosaics. It is durable, heat-consuming, waterproof;
  • onyx is a fibrous variety of quartz with impurities. It is an ornamental stone, excessively complex in processing, expensive, and with overheating it can burst. Facing it looks gorgeous - as if glowing from the inside. The material is durable, warm to the touch, in color - sunny-amber, emerald, reddish-brown;
  • coil - silicate of magnesium oxide on water. It looks good, is realized in the form of tiles, up to two cm thick. Thick, safe, similar to jadeite, but the lining of both these stones is relatively not durable - about fifteen years;
  • dolomite - magnesium carbonate, calcium, has impurities of iron, clay. There are yellow, red, white, shiny pearlescent, satin, matte. It is durable, wear-resistant, eco-friendly. Has medicinal properties - it is able to calm the nervous system of a person.

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It is believed that some stones are radioactive. This is not entirely true - the materials coming into the sale go through strict radiological control.

Mounting Features

Installation of decorative finishes is done on pre-leveled walls, using cement, glue mixtures. To paste tiles, pebbles is not difficult, it is necessary only qualitative raw materials, tools. In a freshly built house, the lining is made only after the shrinkage of the structure, otherwise it can fall off quickly. The "wild" stone is stacked arbitrarily, square, rectangular - in even rows.

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How to choose a stone

The walls are divided into internal, external. For domestic work, an artificial stone is usually used - it is lighter in weight, cheaper, easier to stack. It is very popular now under a brick, under a granite or a marble, a sandstone, a bassoon and others. Of natural limestone, shell rock, slate, less often - marble, granite, onyx. Natural will be suitable for creating expensive, almost "eternal" interiors.

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Choosing the material for registration, it is necessary to determine in which room it will be used. Different places require stones with different properties - water resistance, thermal insulation, thermal stability. For a kitchen apron, it is not recommended to apply a coating with a complex texture - to clear from droplets of fat, pieces of food it is extremely problematic.

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Load calculation

Load on the wall is calculated independently or with the help of special online calculators. It is necessary to consider from what the wall, its thickness is made. If the weight of a square meter of tile is within 25 kg, then the surface is not entrusted with excessive loads. OSB boards withstand a significant mass. The smaller, lighter the stones, the more likely that they will hold on long, hard. The material consumption depends on the area of ​​the surface to be treated, which is calculated by multiplying the length of the wall by the height. Repair experts recommend buying a stone with a margin of 5-10%, especially if it has to be cut off here and there, to follow a certain pattern or it's just too brittle.

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Preparation of the surface and stone for laying

Before you start laying pebbles on the surface, the walls need to be leveled - carefully, as under the wallpaper. All previous coatings should be removed - the remains of the old paint, wallpaper, cleaned with an iron brush. Then the base should be carefully primed, then you can put the tiles. Of the materials you need a stone, tile glue. The heavier the lining, the more glue is needed, the "stronger" it should be. There are two types: on a gypsum base and cement. On the packaging, it is usually written, for which particular work is intended one or another composition.

Preparation of the surface for the laying of decorative stone

Required tools for self-paving

For laying yourself, you will need a lot of tools:

  • spatulas - normal and notched;
  • metal measuring tape;
  • building level;
  • rubber hammer;
  • gon;
  • a syringe gun;
  • mixer for preparation of glue;
  • a Bulgarian with a dial over the stone;
  • brush or roller;
  • a brush with iron teeth;
  • a bar of wood, beacons;
  • containers for grouting, glue;
  • Brush for smoothing the seams,
  • sprayer for water repellent,
  • adhesive mixture.

Tools for stowing decorative stone

Stone laying

When all the finishing materials and tools are prepared, they begin to stick.

Its stages:

  • application of glue;
  • laying tiles;
  • rustowing;
  • protective coating.

Stacking a decorative stone on a wall

First glue the glue, apply to the wall in small portions - it should not dry out, be thick, but do not crumble. The adhesive composition is spread out with a smooth spatula, and it is toothed on the tile. You can use "liquid nails", cement. Each piece is pressed firmly against the wall. After completing gluing from the surface and seams, remove all unnecessary. It is desirable that the solution does not fall on the front part - it will be difficult to clean it. Bricks firmly attached to the wall of wood, gypsum board, aerated concrete with the help of proper gluing a special compound. If the tile is glued to the cement slurry, then you first need to fill the paint net, on it - plaster. If necessary, the details are cut with a hacksaw, a bulgarian.

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To stack it is necessary to begin from a corner, from the bottom upwards, a number behind a number. Usually, the fastening is done under the screed, that is, the tiles will be slightly removed from each other, the spaces between them are filled with a solution, the surplus of which should be removed. The width of the joint is assumed to be approximately one and a half centimeters. If seams are not provided, the bricks are placed as close as possible, close to each other.

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Finishing

The final finish includes removing excess mortar from the joints, painting them in the color of bricks or tiles, applying a protective layer.

The coating must be applied if:

  • the house has children, pets;
  • the wall is in a damp room;
  • the stone is painted with paint;
  • cheap bricks of poor quality.

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Protection is applied when all the tiles have been fixed, the seams have dried out. The composition is applied by roller, brush, spray. The facade parts of the building are "decorated" only in dry weather.

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Decorative stone in the interior of different rooms

To decorate the bathroom use natural onyx, marble, mosaic, "cascade" of different stones. Corridor walls cover them partially, completely, spread an arch. Good looking correctly placed light sources - so the stone looks more profitable. When used without additional lighting, in places that are not visible from the street, the effect of the cave is obtained.

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In the living room there are often houseplants - they are also originally combined with walls. Glass vases, metal furniture parts, clay flower pots will come very "in the subject". Spread completely the space of the bedroom, another living room, stone is not recommended - it is very cold, it is better to confine yourself to a brick or stone doorway, partial decoration of partitions (if any) between the bedroom and another room from particleboard, plywood.

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In the corridor, the protruding angle is trimmed, the onyx illumination by the LEDs creates magical compositions. The stone in the interior composition is combined with decorative plasters, stretch ceiling, textured wallpaper. You can lay out of the bricks a drawing resembling a tree, a city, figures of living beings, abstractions. The balcony is partially or completely trimmed, but heavy materials should be avoided to avoid collapse.

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The use of any stone, especially textured, in the nursery is strictly not recommended - children often run, falling, they can get a serious injury from being hit by a stone wall.

When the space to be trimmed is very small, it is better to refuse the stone altogether, as it "takes" part of the useful area. As an option - to use flexible artificial or natural thin tiles - up to five millimeters. In spacious rooms, this material is used without restrictions.

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Stones on the vertical planes were adorned with houses from time immemorial. These are external facade, internal walls, door slopes, furnace surfaces. However, the excessively tight apartment this material will clutter. With the right packing, it will last for many years, all the while pleasing the eye. Make a tile, as well as correctly paste it, you can yourself or by contacting the help of professionals. This material is appropriate to use for loft style, Gothic, classical, Empire style, Art Deco, African, English, Scandinavian, vintage, fusion, minimalism.

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